Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett Mosel Blue Slate 2009

Loosen's dry, generic estate-bottled 2005 Riesling "Blau Schiefer" smells of peach and Bernkasteler-signature black cherry, and offers sappy, bright fruit intensity and appropriate wet stone blue slate character on its dense mid-palate, along with an invigorating finish featuring clear, pure pit fruit, and cherry suggestions underlain by slate.

As with all of the Dr. Loosen wines, this blended kabinett is very fruit-forward and direct. The green apple and lime notes are wonderfully pure and balanced. Drink this light, spritely wine over the next few years.

Kabinett is the lightest and most delicate style of Riesling in Germany. It is produced from the earliest picking in the best vineyard sites. Dr. Loosen Rieslings from these villages are some of the most elegant white wines in the world, with fine density and subtle power.

WE 90pts. - Winemaker Notes - Kabinett is the lightest and most delicate style of Riesling in Germany. It is produced from the earliest picking in the best vineyard sites. This estate grown Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett embodies the racy, mineral-driven style of steep, blue slate vineyards in the famous middle Mosel villages of Bernkastel, Graach and Wehlen. Dr. Loosen Rieslings from these villages are some of the most elegant white wines in the world, with fine density and subtle power.

[Recommended, no tasting note given.]

Clean and refreshing, this offers richly sleek notes of Meyer lemon, papaya and exotic citrus underlined by fine acidity and lively notes of slate.

The blue slate soil of the Mosel lends a strong mineral backbone to the traditional fruit flavors of this delicious, well-balanced Riesling.