Dr Loosen Barry Walhalla Riesling 2018 (12 Bottles) Mosel, Germany

by CellarHand

$592.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

Ernst Loosen has been friends with Peter Barry of the Jim Barry estate in Australia for over 30 years. In 2015, they saw each other at the Riesling Downunder event, and they had the idea to do a Riesling together in Australia as in Germany. Ernst arranged to send a 3000 liter German barrel down to Australia (the barrel was given the name “Fritz” by the Barrys).

The idea was for Ernst to produce an Australian Riesling at the Barry’s estate the way he produces his dry GG RÉSERVE wines from the Mosel, while the two sons of Peter Barry produce a German Riesling in the Australian style with Mosel grapes at Dr. Loosen. The Australian Riesling that Ernst produced at the Barry’s estate is called WOLTA WOLTA, the Aboriginal name for “good water”. It is the area where the vineyard is located which was a watering place for wild animals.

The German Riesling which the Barry Brothers produced at Dr. Loosen from Mosel grapes is called WALHALLA. The grapes were harvested from the Grosse Lage (or what the French call Grand Cru), Erdener Treppchen vineyard and the wine is fermented bone dry in a stainless steel tank and then aged on the fine yeast in the tank for around two years. Additionally the wine was kept one year in the bottle before release. “Walhalla”, which is German for “Garden of the Gods” where the souls of heroes slain in battle were supposedly received by Odin and celebrated drinking sprees and feasts all day long.

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About Dr Loosen

The Dr. Loosen estate has been in the same family for over 200 years. When Ernst Loosen assumed ownership in 1988, he realized that with ungrafted vines averaging 60 years old in some of Germany’s best-rated vineyards, he had the raw materials to create stunningly intense, world-class wines. To achieve this, Ernst dramatically restricts crop size, prohibits chemical fertilization, insists on very strict fruit selection, and employs gentle cellar practices that allow the wine to develop its full potential with a minimum of handling.

All of Dr. Loosen’s six major vineyards were designated as “Erste Lage” — equivalent to grand cru — in the 1868 Prussian classification of Mosel vineyards. Only wines from these top-rated sites are bottled with a single-vineyard designation. All others are labeled simply as estate wines.

The Mosel’s stony soil and rocky outcroppings reflect sunlight and hold in heat, creating very warm microclimates in the best sites and helping to ensure excellent ripeness. Thin topsoil forces the vines to dig deep for water and nutrients, producing vibrant wines that capture the strong minerality of the soil.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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