Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO051726 Breuer Powerful and rich red wine

Powerful and rich red wine made from 60% Granache and 40% Carignan from old vines over 80 years

fermented in steel and given just seven months in French barrels

Nicoletta Bocca farms her Dogliani estate biodynamically (Demeter-certified) just south of Barolo

which means cold ocean wind and chalky limestone — the combination that gives its white wines genuine nerve

unfussed Verdicchio

Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO051726 Breuer Powerful and rich red wineProof 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