2022 Dr Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs

96 pts
From the exceptional Treppchen vineyard with its unusual red slate soils, this spicy seamless dry German Riesling has texture, depth and infinite capacity to age.
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Just after a sunsoaked bend in the river, the steep steps of the Treppchen vineyard are a Mosel unicorn. Compared with the blue/grey slates that make up the region’s other top vineyards, these WW1 era vines sit on special iron-rich soils of red slate.

Fabulously pungent and powerful, this type of masterful dry Riesling was once thought impossible from this chilly place.

With texture and depth to its rich, spicy apricot flavours, this is seamless stuff that will last a lifetime (if you can keep from guzzling it young!).

96 points
“Intensely spicy and flinty nose with stacks of anise and fennel seed character. High tensile strength on the palate although it is only medium-bodied. Great wet stone minerality and herbal intensity at the extremely long focused finish.”
- Stuart Piggot (James Suckling)

96 points - “Intensely spicy and flinty nose with stacks of anise and fennel seed character. High tensile strength on the palate although it is only medium-bodied. Great wet stone minerality and herbal intensity at the extremely
long focused finish. Drinkable from release, but best from 2024.” - Stuart Piggot (James Suckling)

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    2021 Dr Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs
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    The best Riesling I’ve tasted. Perfect

This wine is harvested from our oldest parcels of Erdener Treppchen, where steady winds keep the clusters dry and prevent the onset of harmful molds. This allows for an exceptionally long hang time, giving the grapes extraordinary aromatic development. The wine is fermented spontaneously in a 1,000-liter barrel and sits on the full lees for twelve months.

The dry wine from a VDP.GROSSE LAGE® vineyard is the VDP.GROSSES GEWÄCHS® (GG). The best wines, with complex taste, expressive site character and special ripening potential mature in the Grosse Lagen. The grapes are harvested and selected by hand. Only healthy grapes from the best plots are fermented spontaneously in neutral oak barrels (1,000 to 3,000 liters) and matured for at least 12 months on the full lees. - Dr. Loosen

Region: Mosel, Germany
Blend: Riesling (100%)
ABV: 12.50%
Closure: 750ml
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Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Light Bodied
Variety Riesling
Country Germany
Region Mosel
Feature High Score
Iconic
Organic
Reviewed By James Suckling
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Cork

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