Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trocken Alte Reben GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout with lemon-herb butter, crispy roasted pork belly, or aromatic Thai green curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard—named for the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide vineyard workers—this Grosses Gewächs (GG) represents the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling. Dr. Loosen crafts this masterpiece from 'Alte Reben' (ancient, ungrafted vines averaging over 100 years old) rooted precariously in steep, pure blue Devonian slate soils. These old vines yield tiny, highly concentrated berries. To honor this exceptional fruit, the wine is fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts and aged on its lees in traditional 1,000-liter oak Fuder casks, resulting in a dry Riesling of breathtaking mineral intensity, vibrant acidity, and deep, layered complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Dr. Loosen stands as one of the preeminent global ambassadors of Germany's Mittelmosel. Under family ownership for more than two centuries, the estate experienced an epochal renaissance after Ernst 'Erni' Loosen assumed leadership in 1988. Loosen immediately implemented draconian yield restrictions, prohibited chemical fertilizers, and embraced spontaneous fermentations in neutral oak Fuder casks, frequently practicing extended lees contact. The domaine's strength rests in its holdings of ancient, ungrafted vines—many over a century old—clinging to perilous, south-facing slate amphitheaters. These steep slopes span blue Devonian slate in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, red volcanic-slate colluvium in the Ürziger Würzgarten, and heat-retaining cliffs in the Erdener Prälat. Dr. Loosen is renowned both for crystalline, classically delicate Prädikat expressions defined by buoyant acidity and low alcohol, and for benchmark dry Grosses Gewächs bottlings that celebrate age-worthy, mineral-driven tension.