Mosel
Slate, extreme slopes, and the best argument for low alcohol.
The Mosel makes Riesling on slopes so steep they are worked with winches and ropes. Everything about the site is a workaround for insufficient warmth: south-facing aspect, a river that reflects sunlight onto the vines, and dark slate that stores the day's heat and gives it back overnight. The result is Riesling with intense acidity and often modest alcohol — some Kabinett sits near 8% — where sweetness is not a sign of cheapness but a counterweight holding the acid in balance.
Grapes grown here 1
What the region makes
The lightest ripeness level. Often off-dry, low alcohol, lime and green apple over wet slate.
Late-harvested, riper. More stone fruit weight, still cut by acidity.
Selected ripe or botrytised bunches. Sweet, concentrated, capable of ageing 50 years.
Fully dry Riesling, increasingly common as the climate warms.
Worth knowing
The Calmont vineyard reaches roughly 65 degrees of gradient — among the steepest worked vineyards on earth.
Prädikat levels describe sugar in the grape at harvest, not sweetness in the glass. A Spätlese can be bone dry.
Try this region if you like high-acid whites, or you have written off Riesling as sweet.
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