Tasting Notes
The 2016 Erdener Prälat Riesling GG Alte Reben displays a deep and flinty-scented bouquet of crushed stones. Pretty coolish even though the vineyard is located straight down in the Mosel Valley, near the river. This has great purity and very delicate yeasty flavors. Terribly lush and salty-piquant on the palate, this is a round and elegant, highly complex and persistent Riesling with very fine tannins and melting salt from up to 130-year-old vines. It is powerful and intense in the aftertaste but still finessed and pure—a great wine from a great terroir. Enormously long and complex. Only two fuders were made. 13% alcohol. Tasted February 2018. 96 points. - Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate February 2018
Dr. Loosen is one of Germany’s most celebrated estates, with over 200 years of family history in the Mosel. Since taking over in 1988, Ernst Loosen has transformed the domaine into a global benchmark for Riesling, combining deep respect for tradition with a clear, expressive style that showcases the region’s extraordinary terroir.
The estate owns around 50 hectares of steep, slate-soiled vineyards, including some of the Mosel’s most prestigious sites such as Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Ürziger Würzgarten, Erdener Prälat, and Graacher Himmelreich. Many of the vines are ungrafted and well over a century old, producing fruit of remarkable concentration and finesse.
In the cellar, Ernst Loosen employs a classic approach: hand harvesting, spontaneous fermentations, and careful aging in large old oak casks to preserve purity and structure. The resulting wines range from bone-dry Grosses Gewächs bottlings to lusciously sweet Prädikat styles, all marked by precision, mineral tension, and ageing potential.
Today, Dr. Loosen is recognized worldwide as a standard-bearer for Riesling, embodying both the Mosel’s heritage and its continued vitality on the world stage.
| Product Type | Wine White Riesling |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Mosel |
| Sub Region | Erdener Pralat |
| Winemaking Practices | Conventional |
| Vineyard Practices | Minimal Intervention |