Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 NO20230816 The name comes from the

The name comes from the final movement of Beethoven's last piano sonata

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Back Road Vineyard

Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 NO20230816 The name comes from theProof 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