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The September 2022 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $180
4 Slightly recessed cork.
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"From 100+ year old vines on red slate soils, straight above the PrĂ€lat, the 2015 Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG Alte Reben offers a clear and noble, flinty, precise and rather cool bouquet of perfectly ripe Riesling berries. The wine is incredibly rich, vital and piquant on the palate; it is round and almost lush, but well structured by its minerals that give enormous length, grip and tension. This is a fascinating Riesling GG and by far the best dry Treppchen I have ever tasted. Riesling lovers should not miss it. "After the very challenging vintages of 2013 and 2014, 2015 was balm for the winemakerâs soul!" Ernst Loosen is more than happy with the 2015 vintage, which hosted one of the warmest summers in the last 100 years and was finished with a harvest under "close to perfect conditions." 2015 allowed team Loosen to pick "grapes with optimal must weights and acidity levels." The vintage did not just bring "excellent yields," but also wines in all quality levels up to Trockenbeerenauslese, are all based on "perfectly healthy" grapes with an intense concentration of fruits and vivid acidity levels. "We started a pre-harvest at the end of September when we sorted out any early botrytis. The main harvest began on the first of October. The weather had remained very dry until then, but by the end of September we were hit by some heavy rainfalls. This was a bit frightening, but fortunately the rain stopped at the beginning of October and the weather turned cooler, sunny and dry." Berni Schug, long-time winemaker at Dr Loosen, was thrilled with the grapes he received. "Their excellent health and ripeness of up to 100° Oechsle and ten grams per liter of acidity was perfect to produce Kabinett and Spatlese wines, but also top dry Rieslings from our Grosse Lage (grand cru) vineyard sites," says Loosen. And topping it all off, his team brought in superb botrytis selections for Auslese, a good amount of Beerenauslese and even some Trockenbeerenauslese with up to 200° Oechsle. "The berries were perfectly dried and shriveled beautifully." Highlights of the 2015 series include the dry GG wines (grands crus), as well as several predicate levels including Kabinett and SpĂ€tlese. The bottlings from the Erdener PrĂ€lat belong to the best that the Mosel has produced in 2015. Last but not least, you should try the GG RĂ©serve Rieslings from 2013, which were bottled only after they had spent two years on the full lees."
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"From 100+ year old vines on red slate soils, straight above the PrĂ€lat, the 2015 Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG Alte Reben offers a clear and noble, flinty, precise and rather cool bouquet of perfectly ripe Riesling berries. The wine is incredibly rich, vital and piquant on the palate; it is round and almost lush, but well structured by its minerals that give enormous length, grip and tension. This is a fascinating Riesling GG and by far the best dry Treppchen I have ever tasted. Riesling lovers should not miss it. "After the very challenging vintages of 2013 and 2014, 2015 was balm for the winemakerâs soul!" Ernst Loosen is more than happy with the 2015 vintage, which hosted one of the warmest summers in the last 100 years and was finished with a harvest under "close to perfect conditions." 2015 allowed team Loosen to pick "grapes with optimal must weights and acidity levels." The vintage did not just bring "excellent yields," but also wines in all quality levels up to Trockenbeerenauslese, are all based on "perfectly healthy" grapes with an intense concentration of fruits and vivid acidity levels. "We started a pre-harvest at the end of September when we sorted out any early botrytis. The main harvest began on the first of October. The weather had remained very dry until then, but by the end of September we were hit by some heavy rainfalls. This was a bit frightening, but fortunately the rain stopped at the beginning of October and the weather turned cooler, sunny and dry." Berni Schug, long-time winemaker at Dr Loosen, was thrilled with the grapes he received. "Their excellent health and ripeness of up to 100° Oechsle and ten grams per liter of acidity was perfect to produce Kabinett and Spatlese wines, but also top dry Rieslings from our Grosse Lage (grand cru) vineyard sites," says Loosen. And topping it all off, his team brought in superb botrytis selections for Auslese, a good amount of Beerenauslese and even some Trockenbeerenauslese with up to 200° Oechsle. "The berries were perfectly dried and shriveled beautifully." Highlights of the 2015 series include the dry GG wines (grands crus), as well as several predicate levels including Kabinett and SpĂ€tlese. The bottlings from the Erdener PrĂ€lat belong to the best that the Mosel has produced in 2015. Last but not least, you should try the GG RĂ©serve Rieslings from 2013, which were bottled only after they had spent two years on the full lees."
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The spiritual home of Riesling, producing wines of piercing acidity, precision and longevity across a spectrum from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. Cool, steep-sloped vineyards along the Mosel and Rhine yield some of the world's most delicate, long-lived whites.
Germany's most celebrated Riesling region, its steep slate slopes above the river yielding featherlight, low-alcohol wines of electric acidity, delicacy and extraordinary longevity.
The appellation for Germany's most celebrated Riesling, its steep slate slopes yielding light, low-alcohol wines of electric acidity and extraordinary longevity.
A highly aromatic white of piercing acidity and transparency to terroir, ranging from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. It ages remarkably and is the noble grape of Germany and Alsace.