Loewen   MOSEL, Germany  
 
 
 
  Energetic, idealistic young couple on a quixotic quest to gain renown for the great unknown sites of this part of the Mosel. Astoundingly reasonable prices for very high-quality juice! “Cool” chalky-minerally style, as if the wines were blended with 15% Blanc de Blancs Champagne. All that’s stony is not slate. Loewens have some wines on sand or gravel, and these have a “northern” coolness without being explicitly slatey. The wines from the sirloin-quality Laurentiuslay have a fruit all their own: feline and nectarine-y. Loewen also places high emphasis on fruit-freshness: “I don’t like ‘old-wine’ flavor and I definitely don’t like this petrol taste,” he says.

•Vineyard area: 6.2 hectares
•Annual production: 4,200 cases
•Top sites: Leiwener Laurentiuslay, Thörnicher Ritsch, Detzemer, Maximiner Klosterlay
•Soil types: Devonian and light weathered slate
•Grape varieties: 98% Riesling, 2% Müller-Thurgau

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  Wines:      
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'1896' Riesling Erste Lage, Loewen 2012    
Leiwener Klostergarten Riesling Kabinett, Loewen 2010    
Leiwener Klostergarten Riesling Kabinett, Loewen 2011    
Leiwener Klostergarten Riesling Kabinett, Loewen 2012    
Leiwener Laurentiuslay Riesling Spatlese, Loewen 2011    
Leiwener Laurentiuslay Riesling Spatlese, Loewen 2012    
Ritsch Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Loewen 2011    
Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Auslese, Loewen 2012    
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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