MOSEL - WINE IN 10

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So this is wine in 10 where I tell you everything you need to know about a region or a grape in less than 10 Minutes. This time I will talk about one of the most special and distinct wine regions in the world: the Mosel. The Mosel produces some of the most highly regarded wines in Germany and it is one of those regions that I found relatively easy to identify in blind tastings.

[spiritalex]

Hey Konstantin, great to see you back here and thank you for making a video about my favourite wine region. I really cannot say which is my favourite mosel wine because there are so many good ones. It is even difficult to tell you my favourite style but I think I like medium dry Riesling Kabinetts most but I also like the dry ones and sweet ones very much (depends on my mood). I also would never have thought to tell something new to a Master of Wine but you were wrong in one point: People found out that the Engelsfelsen in the Baden region is even steeper than the Bremmer Calmont and is therefore the steepest vinyard in the world.
Greetings,
Alex

[nicomeier]

Ah, the Mosel - where my love for fine wines started.
Easy to say what my favourite Mosel Riesling is: that is a "classic" Kabinett with not too much residual sugar, especially but certainly not exclusively from the Saar region. Crisp, clear, great acidity, elegant, refined, inviting, mouth lovely.

[chewie]

Learning about the Mosel's history is so interesting. Thank you very much!

[jamesstokes]

Dr. Loosen by far is one of the most consistent wines in the Mosel. Love it.

[gilejoksimovic]

I was lucky to visit Mosel a year ago. I totally agree that Maximin is a place to go. Their wines have distinctive elegancy too. I've also visited Nittel where I found a plenty of beautiful small wineries. Great wines on fair prices. As you mention, the combination of richness of flavors, freshness, sweetness, and low alcohol level is what make Mosel wines so special. It's a pity that Mosel wines are so difficult to find outside Germany.
My favorites are:
2018 Cuvée Jean-Baptiste trocken, Zilliken
2019 Grauer Burgunder GOLDSTÜCK trocken, Apel

[fuzznakano]

great show k. i was there when i was 9. keen to go back. looks beautiful. will seek out mosel wine today.
mjr
tokyo

[nicomeier]

The - in my opinion - biggest contributing factor to the decline of quality of Mosel wines in the 20th century is the change in regulations.
With the introduction of 1971 which introduced the classification (QBA/Kabinett/Spätlese etc) in which the most important factor was the sugar levels in the grapes during harvest.
Along with the introduction of new grape varieties (Neuzüchtungen), the restructuring of the vineyards from small individual terraces (Flurbereinigung) which made working the vineyards more economical and, most of all, flat pieces of land used to grow fruit trees being converted to vineyards made Germany produce more and more wine of worse and worse quality.
Indeed luckily the tide has turned (some time ago) and Germany is well back on the way to producing high quality sweet, medium sweet and (almost) dry wines.
My love is low yield wines from the Saar district: the sweet wines are only moderately sweet and very fresh with mouthwatering acidity.
The medium sweet wines are an excellent company to many Asian dishes (but also to Dutch mussels/Muscheln) or poultry and the dry ones are excellent with many fish dishes, especially the more refined ones.
Have you ever had some to accompany asparagus with sauce Hollandaise?
I can highly recommend it.
BTW - this is my second comment on this re-watched it and it made my fondness of German Riesling wines take the better of

[miguelcarrillo]

I had the great pleasure of visiting your magnificent county 3 yeas ago on a bike our arranged by a great group of fellas. Mixed nationalities but we toured by bike over 6 days town by town, ended up in castles and saw such great countryside vistas. Best trip I have ever taken, and I did try some great Riesling there. Some of my favorites were the J.J. Prum, Dr. Loosen, and other labels I can't remember, but the experience was unforgettable, Prost

[ThePegasus]

i was in Trier a few times drove up the hill overlooking the city all the vines are there all the way down the hill...great view

[kengillman]

Your English is clear and easier to hear than most “English “ speakers. I have not heard one single “um’ or”er” in10 or more videos.you should be proud of that

[davidcurrier]

1972 Mosel Berenauslese Piesporter (Kurt Hein) . Stayed many times at his Piesport Hotel, so well! and WOW, I think I remember this wine. Alternatively, I've stop so many times to have mushroom toast (years ago) in Urzig on the Mosel; their kabinets of the early 1970s were Wundebar!!

[nickh]

The first time I had a Mosel wine was while I was working at a winery in the Rheinhessen several years ago and I just fell in love immediately. I remember it was so acidic and made my mouth pucker (it was way too young to try but alas) but it was so aromatic and the flavors were lovely. Kicking myself that I never actually made it out to the Mosel while I was in Germany 🥲. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[richardbeaumont]

Favourite; wow that is a question that takes a serious bit of thinking. I lived in Traben-Trarbach for 12 years; taking for granted the wonderful region and it's wine. The trick to Mosel wines is there are so many wonderful offerings that don't need to come from Ernie (Loosen) or Markus Molitor. I use to buy a wonderful Auslese from Joseph Mueller in Kroev (sadly died a few years back at 101years of age), or Markus Boor was involved in a wonderful and special Cuvée 'Futura' I think it was called. For €6 euro you really could and still can buy some truly wonderful wines. Most of which you would never have heard of. Best to spend a few moments in the region indulging in the magic on offer. Anytime from May-October would be my recommendation ;)

[aedlow]

Being from Luxembourg I love a good Riesling. We do of course produce a lot of our own great Mosel wines, but the most interesting German Mosel Riesling I have tried in recent times was from the Sorentberg. We really should go and see how they're getting on.

[patricklee]

I absolutely love Mosel wines. I was stationed at Hahn Air Base in the early 80's and the Mosel winefests were an instant love affair for me. I can't really say which town had my favorite wine but I do remember that the Schwartze Katz was excellent from Zell. For just the general type, I love Spaetlese and Auslese and even a Tafel wine. I love them all!!

[tomcat]

Lieber Konstantin, mir wurde heute dein Video vom Algorithmus vorgeschlagen, genau nachdem ich mir eine Flasche Ockfener Bockstein von Nik Weis aufgemacht habe. Ich liebe einfach die Mosel-Region. Es gibt in so vielen Preisklassen hervorragende Weine und die Kombination aus Säure und Süße funktioniert selten so gut wie dort. Danke für das immer noch aktuelle Video, das einen Nachfolger mit einem Blind Tasting verdient.

[Chris-hfsl]

I'm mainly a red wine drinker, BUT nothing beats a top quality Mosel Riesling. My favourite (dry) Riesling comes from the Hain winery in Piesport. I've been there many times to buy wine to bring back to England. Whilst this particular wine is not available in England, in the last few years, I've noticed that a few major wine merchants are at last beginning to sell lovely dry Mosel Rieslings.

[bjornhosek]

not to forget ... the stunning sceneries :)

[equesta]

Just found your video as we are going to Bernkastel next week and needed to cram more info on Mosel wines and this is perfect. Thank you for doing these in English!

[mdrafiqul]

I visited Mosel area couple of weeks ago and got some bottles of "Auslese" wines. The best wine I've ever tasted....