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Mosel

Mosel is a wine region in Germany. Steep slate slopes making delicate, high-acid Riesling, often with low alcohol.

Where it is

Map data: Candiago; Natural Earth

Places in Mosel

  • Bernkasteler Doctor

    A tiny, very steep slate vineyard directly behind the town of Bernkastel on the Mosel.

  • Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr

    The steep core of the Juffer slope at Brauneberg, facing the river across from the village.

  • Erdener Prälat

    A small slate amphitheater at Erden, sheltered under red rock beside the river.

  • Erdener Treppchen

    A steep red slate slope at Erden, named for the stone steps cut into it.

  • Graacher Domprobst

    A steep gray slate slope at Graach, between Bernkastel and Wehlen.

  • Piesporter Goldtröpfchen

    A steep slate amphitheater curving around the river bend at Piesport.

  • Saar

    A cool side valley of the Mosel in western Germany, known for racy, high-acid Riesling from steep slate slopes.

  • Trittenheimer Apotheke

    A steep slate slope on the outer bank of the Mosel's bend, facing Trittenheim.

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Classic styles

Grapes

Producers in Mosel

  • Egon Müller

    A celebrated Saar Riesling estate centered on Scharzhofberg, producing wines from Kabinett through extraordinarily concentrated Trockenbeerenauslese.

  • Weingut Peter Lauer

    A Saar estate that uses barrel numbers on its labels to preserve older vineyard identities lost under Germany's 1971 wine law.

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