Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO20231114 made from his uncle Robert

made from his uncle Robert Michel's 100-year-old parcel in one of Cornas's top terroirs

with all of the classic aromatic staples of bourbon mixed with a light smokiness

The magic word here is mevushal: flash-pasteurized so it stays kosher no matter who pours it

or hold it a year or two and watch the seams loosen

Single-vineyard Jura Chardonnay from contrasting soils

Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate Dry 2023 SO20231114 made from his uncle RobertProof 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