Dr. Loosen Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2023 QUANTITY CHECK burnt cinnamon

burnt cinnamon

with a hint of brioche from extended lees aging

highlighting the liquorice

an oenologist who earned his stripes at Chateau Palmer and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Dr. Loosen Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2023 QUANTITY CHECK burnt cinnamonFrom one of the Mosel's most legendary vineyards: the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, a steep, south facing slope of blue Devonian slate named for the sundial ('Sonnenuhr') a 19th century grower built so his pickers could tell the time. Dr. Loosen owns old ungrafted vines here, some over a century old, farmed without irrigation and fermented with native yeast. At Kabinett ripeness, the wine is lightly sweet but so charged with slate driven acidity that it tastes