Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Grosses Gewächs Alte Reben Dr Loosen 2024
Falstaff 95; James Suckling 94; Giuseppe Lauria 94; Wine Spectator 92
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Why this wine
A Grosses Gewächs from the Mosel's most famous sundial slope, made from the estate's oldest ungrafted vines. Twelve months on lees in large oak gives it weight without blunting the slate-driven acidity. This is dry Mosel Riesling at full stretch, and it rewards a decade or more in the cellar.
At a glance
- Grape
- Riesling
- Region
- Mosel, Germany
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Poultry & Pork, Spicy Dishes
How it tastes
Dry and mineral, with delicate slate and a saline edge beneath fruity, floral aromas. The palate is silky and generous rather than lean, with high acidity carrying a long, piquant finish. Riesling.
The producer
Dr Loosen is one of the top producers in the Mosel, in the same family for over 200 years and a member of the VDP since 1993, with nine estate vineyards classified as Grosse Lagen. Wehlener Sonnenuhr takes its name from the sundial erected on the slope by Jodocus Prüm in 1842, and has almost no topsoil: the roots force their way into broken blue slate, which drains fast, holds heat and gives the wine its mineral edge. These are the estate's oldest vines in Wehlen, ungrafted and at least 130 years old, cropped at a maximum of 50hl/ha. Fruit was picked and sorted by hand, pressed gently and fermented spontaneously with natural yeasts in oak fuder of 1,000 and 3,000 litres, then left on its lees without bâtonnage for twelve months before a light filtration. The 2024 season was hard in the Mosel, with early bud break, April frost, hail and a cool wet summer cutting the crop, but the mid-September fruit came in remarkably healthy, with lively fruit and balancing freshness.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10-12°C. Good with Dover sole, roast chicken with herbs, slow-cooked pork belly, or a Thai green curry. Drinking well now and through to around 2040, with no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.