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Dr. Loosen Riesling Blue Slate 2021 750ml

size
750ml
country
Germany
WNR
90
Additional vintages
WNR
90
Rated 90 by Winery
The 2021 Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett AP #1 from Weingut Dr. Loosen is a pretty example of its Prädikat level. The wine carries forty grams of residual sugar this year, to balance off its 8.5 grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. 2022-2050+. (View from the Cellar) ... More details
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Dr. Loosen Riesling Blue Slate 2021 750ml

SKU 876595
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Professional Ratings
WNR
90
WNR
90
Rated 90 by Winery
The 2021 Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett AP #1 from Weingut Dr. Loosen is a pretty example of its Prädikat level. The wine carries forty grams of residual sugar this year, to balance off its 8.5 grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. 2022-2050+. (View from the Cellar)
Wine Spectator
Balanced and snappy, with expressive apple blossom and white peach flavors that are vibrant and pure, thanks to racy acidity and salty slate minerality. Drink now through 2030. 10,000 cases made, 10,000 cases imported.
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size
750ml
country
Germany
Additional vintages
Overview
The 2021 Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett AP #1 from Weingut Dr. Loosen is a pretty example of its Prädikat level. The wine carries forty grams of residual sugar this year, to balance off its 8.5 grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. grams of acidity and is eight percent octane. The bouquet here is refined and complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, white cherry, apple blossoms, a touch of wild yeast, a lovely base of slate and a topnote of bee pollen. On the palate the wine is zesty, medium-full and filigreed, with excellent mineral drive and focus, bouncy acids and a long, youthfully complex and seamlessly balanced finish. Good juice. 2022-2050+. (View from the Cellar)
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Varietal: Riesling

Riesling grapes are very rarely blended with others in the development of wines, and for good reason. These pale grapes which originated in the cool Rhine Valley of Germany are notable for their 'transparency' of flavor, which allows the characteristics of their terroir to shine through in wonderful ways. The result of this is a wine which carries a wide range of interesting flavors quite unlike those found in other white wines, finished off with the distinctively floral perfume Riesling supplies so well. Many wineries in Germany and elsewhere tend to harvest their Riesling grapes very late – often as late as January – in order to make the most of their natural sweetness. Other methods, such as encouraging the noble rot fungus, help the Riesling grape varietal present some truly unique and exciting flavors in the glass, and the variety of wines this varietal can produce mean it is one of the finest and most interesting available anywhere.
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Country: Germany

Much has changed over the past few decades in regards to German wine. Long gone are the days of mass produced, sickly sweet white wines which were once the chief exports of this fascinating and ancient wine producing country, and they have been replaced with something far more sophisticated. Whilst Germany continues to produce a relatively large amount of dessert wine, the wineries of the south of the country have reverted their attention to the production of drier, more elegant wines which really make the most of the fine grape varieties which flourish there. Many of the wineries dealing primarily with the excellent Riesling grapes have produced some truly exceptional dry and semi-sweet wines over the past few years, and it seems the world has finally woken up and noticed the extremely high quality of the distinctive produce coming out of Germany today.
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Varietal: Riesling

Riesling grapes are very rarely blended with others in the development of wines, and for good reason. These pale grapes which originated in the cool Rhine Valley of Germany are notable for their 'transparency' of flavor, which allows the characteristics of their terroir to shine through in wonderful ways. The result of this is a wine which carries a wide range of interesting flavors quite unlike those found in other white wines, finished off with the distinctively floral perfume Riesling supplies so well. Many wineries in Germany and elsewhere tend to harvest their Riesling grapes very late – often as late as January – in order to make the most of their natural sweetness. Other methods, such as encouraging the noble rot fungus, help the Riesling grape varietal present some truly unique and exciting flavors in the glass, and the variety of wines this varietal can produce mean it is one of the finest and most interesting available anywhere.
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Country: Germany

Much has changed over the past few decades in regards to German wine. Long gone are the days of mass produced, sickly sweet white wines which were once the chief exports of this fascinating and ancient wine producing country, and they have been replaced with something far more sophisticated. Whilst Germany continues to produce a relatively large amount of dessert wine, the wineries of the south of the country have reverted their attention to the production of drier, more elegant wines which really make the most of the fine grape varieties which flourish there. Many of the wineries dealing primarily with the excellent Riesling grapes have produced some truly exceptional dry and semi-sweet wines over the past few years, and it seems the world has finally woken up and noticed the extremely high quality of the distinctive produce coming out of Germany today.