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Mosel

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The Prädikat and VDP ladders, Saar, Ruwer, five Middle Mosel sites, the Terrassenmosel, slate, Riesling and Schloss Lieser.

All levels 99 min 14 steps About Mosel

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  1. Mosel

    Region 9 min

    Start with the region: the Mosel and its Saar and Ruwer tributaries, where Riesling makes up 62.4% of plantings.

  2. German Prädikatswein Classification

    Wine term 10 min

    Next, the Prädikat ladder, which marks grape ripeness at harvest rather than sweetness in the glass.

  3. VDP Classification

    Wine term 7 min

    Then the VDP pyramid, four tiers ranked by vineyard origin, up to Grosse Lage and its dry Grosses Gewächs.

  4. Mosel Sub-Regions: Saar (Steep Slate Riesling - Egon Müller Scharzhofberg, Van Volxem)

    Region 9 min

    Begin on the Saar, a cool tributary valley of Devonian slate where Riesling covers virtually all quality vineyard land.

  5. Mosel Sub-Regions: Ruwer (Delicate, Mineral - Maximin Grünhaus, Karthäuserhof)

    Region 9 min

    Then the Ruwer, the Mosel's smallest sub-region at around 190 hectares, with Riesling at roughly 90% of plantings.

  6. Piesporter Goldtröpfchen

    Region 5 min

    Into the Middle Mosel at Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, the Mosel's largest VDP.Grosse Lage, a south-facing slate amphitheater.

  7. Bernkasteler Doctor

    Region 6 min

    Next, Bernkasteler Doctor, a 3.25-hectare Riesling site on 45 to 60 percent slate slopes above Bernkastel-Kues.

  8. Wehlener Sonnenuhr

    Region 6 min

    Then Wehlener Sonnenuhr above the village of Wehlen, named for the sundial Jodocus Prüm set up in 1842.

  9. Ürziger Würzgarten

    Region 5 min

    In Ürzig, the Würzgarten swaps the usual Mosel slate for red volcanic Rotliegend, credited with its spicy Rieslings.

  10. Erdener Prälat

    Region 5 min

    In Erden, the 1.5-hectare Prälat grows Riesling on iron-rich red slate between the river and cliff faces.

  11. Terrassenmosel: Lower Mosel (Winningen - Uhlen Laubach GG, Röttgen; Heymann-Löwenstein, Reinhard & Beate Knebel)

    Region 7 min

    Finish the valley in the Terrassenmosel near Koblenz, where dry-stone slate terraces give structured Riesling closely associated with dry styles.

  12. Slate / Blue Devonian Slate (Mosel: Heat Absorption; Petrol in Aged Riesling)

    Terroir 8 min

    Now the soil: how blue Devonian slate stores the day's heat for ripening, and where the petrol note in aged Riesling comes from.

  13. Riesling

    Grape 8 min

    Then the grape, with around 5,266 hectares in the Mosel and styles from bone-dry Trocken to noble-rot dessert wines.

  14. Weingut Schloss Lieser

    Producer 5 min

    Close with a producer: a Riesling estate in Lieser whose eight VDP.Grosse Lagen include the Doctor, Goldtröpfchen and Wehlener Sonnenuhr.

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