Dr Loosen Red Slate Dry Riesling 2010

Winemaker's Tasting Note

The Red Slate Riesling has an intense minerality that is warm and enveloping with a floral, spicy aroma of citrus blossom. It isharmonious on the palate with a full, expansive texture and a firm peach pit grip to the finish. Very expressive.

Viniculture

With warmer growing seasons, better viticulture and improved cellar techniques, it is becoming possible to make balanced, fullbodied, dry (trocken) Rieslings in the Mosel valley.This was difficult in the past, when there were generally cooler conditions, lower average ripeness and astronomical acidity levels.To produce a harmonious dry Riesling, you must practice rigourous vineyard management to grow the fruit expressly for the drystyle. It requires fully ripe, 100 percent healthy fruit (no botrytis) and long hang time to allow the flavours to develop and theacidity to soften. Even then we must usually do a brief maceraiton (8 to 12 hours) to allow the natural enzymes in the skins to pullmore acidity out of the juice and give the wine greater clarity.