Loosen Bros Dr L Riesling 2021
Germany
Vineyards here are clustered around the rivers, where the flowing water helps to moderate the temperature. In the past, due to the climate, this was often difficult. With climate change, ripening is not as great an issue, but the rivers are a little more challenging. Climate change has brought heavier rainfall and flash flooding on the rivers.
Of course, the rivers are usually beautiful, and the surrounding landscape has quaint villages and steep slopes covered in rows of vines.
Riesling
If there is one wine most people are familiar with from Germany, it is Riesling. Riesling is the most grown variety in Germany and is made in various styles. When I first learned about wine, I thought that all Riesling was sweet. Well, I have since learned that is not the case, and with the popularity of dry wines, there are more and more dry Rieslings on the market.
This love of dry wines is a bit ironic for Riesling. You see, wines in Germany are on a scale of sweetness. It was tough to get the grapes ripe so that they would do several different picks, and the grapes that got to stay on the vine the longest and build up the most sugar, well, those were for the most expensive wines.
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