Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO20231114 farming 12 hectares organically across

farming 12 hectares organically across 15 appellations

and aged in old oak

Starting in 2013

or hold it a year or two and watch the seams loosen

made from his uncle Robert Michel's 100-year-old parcel in one of Cornas's top terroirs

Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO20231114 farming 12 hectares organically acrossProof that the Mosel makes serious dry Riesling, not just sweet wine. 'Red Slate' comes off the iron rich red slate soils found in parts of the Mosel, which tend to give riper, rounder, more orchard fruited Riesling than the steely blue slate sites. Dr. Loosen's Ernie Loosen farms old ungrafted vines and works with native yeast fermentations and minimal intervention. This is fully dry (trocken), fermented in stainless and traditional oak Fuder to stay