2022 and 2021 Mosel Riesling GG Part IV -- Wegeler and Loosen

A frankly uninspiring set of wines. One hardly expected wines from Lösnich and Kinheim to show better than those from Erden, Ürzig, and Wehlen.

Dr. LOOSEN

All the Dr. Loosen wines had not been bottled; they were tasted from drawn-off samples.

2022 (Erden) Treppchen   Riesling GG

Treppchen roundness, but lacking concentration. Some peach. (85-87)

2022 (Kinheim) Rosenberg  Riesling GG

Better concentration than several others, but no great precision to the peach fruit. (87-89)

2022 (Lösnich) Forsterlay  Riesling GG

Perfumed peach nose. Better concentration than the the others, some vanilla/peach. Not bad for the vintage in Mosel. (89-91)

2022 (Ürzig) Würzgarten  Riesling GG

A bit more penetration and liveliness than the Sonnenuhr, but still light and lacking energy. (86-88)

2022 (Whelen) Sonnenuhr  Riesling GG

Somewhat neutral in nose. Medium light in mouth, lacks some concentration. Boring. (85-87)

Geheimrat J. WEGELER

2021 (Wehlen) Sonnenuhr  Riesling GG

Somewhat watery, a surprise for 2021, but I’ve never found Wegeler’s Sonnenuhr, whether dry or fuity, to be in the top Sonnenuhr rang.  The fruit is the typical slate profile of Sonnenuhr. 88/B-