Dr Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese 2021

Dr Loosen Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese, Mosel, Germany, 2021     

Grape: 100% Riesling, late harvest.

Mango, papaya, apricot cream and honey. With a touch of botrytis which adds depth and complexity. Powerful yet clean acidity. Racy and complex already delicious and will prove even better in a decade or two.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"The 2021 Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese is coolish, clear and herbal on the nose, with ripe bright fruit and flinty terroir aromas. Good intensity. Lush and round yet also tangy and savory on the palate, this is a seductive and crystalline, saline and elegant Würzgarten that will come out as a long-distance runner. Tasted as a sample ready to be bottled in July 2022." Drink 2025-2050

(92-94/100) points, Stephan Reinhardt, WINE ADVOCATE, August 2022

"This is very graceful, but shows good concentration of flavors, featuring nectarine, mango and lime notes that are electrified by the acidity. It picks up on richness midpalate, and its flavors are intensified by a finish that lingers and leaves a mineral note."

92/100 points, WINE ENTHUSIAST, September 2023

Meaning "The Spice Garden of Urzig," the weathered red volcanic and slate soil of the Urziger Würzgarten make it unique on the Mosel. This vineyard produces wines with exotic, spicy aromas and a mesmerizing earthiness. No other vineyard on the Mosel delivers wines so bursting with tropical fruit flavours. The estate's oldest vines are found here.