Rudolf Trossen Mosel...

Nature does not harvest any grapes - it’s always human beings who are at work. "Rudolf thinking"
Rudolf Trossen at his propriety...
Rudolf Trossen and his wife Rita farming in the middle Mosel, vines on steep slopes blue and green slate.
They produce pure and alive wines without any use of chemicals and heavy intervention.
They are certified biodynamic since 1978 when they took over the family vineyard.
They are certified Ecovin an association which Rudolf together with other farmers in Germany created and founded to preserve the land of their country.
https://www.ecovin.de/

Back in the 1970s freedom was seen as a fight for the fertility of mother earth, farmers were protesting against synthetic and profit-maximizing farming. Organic farmers anticipated an unforeseeable catastrophe and global crisis if the industrial agricultural continued with the unsustainable practice. They joined forces and set principles, created organizations and eventually formulated international laws. All this also created an increased interest from the media and the general public. Organic agriculture exists because producers and consumers demand it - it is also in increasing demand due to the devastating downsides and consequences of industrial agriculture and its effects on the environment.

We spent a full afternoon at his house with sommelier and buyers and farmers from different countries all over the world.
It was a terrific experience to taste his wines with the steep vineyards of the Mosel in the background, listening to his discussion about the history of Germany and his wines were breathless.

For Rudolf and Rita, wine in its purest form are only using what is essential, in search for the unmistakable, the authentic, the desire for the kiss of terroir, the essence of the wine in the grape, the time and place of the workmanship transported, pure and undisturbed, longing for the taste of eroticism, it is this truth in wine that will remain and bring joy.
The site of his holding in different Lieu dit
The wines are divided in two-lines, the classic spontaneously fermented Rieslings, ranging from dry QbA and Kabinett to a fruity Spätlese, where only a little use of Sulphur is used at the bottling.
To make sure the residual sugar of the Pradikatsweine stay alive and can travel without having undesired secondary refermentation in the bottles.
The second line dry style without sulfur is The Purus wines: using the ancient naked wine method, spontaneously fermented, unsulphurated & unfiltered.
Here the wines can be bottles as a single site or blend of different vineyards.

We started with his Spk wines the Trosecco made with Muller Thurgau fresh and alive.
The Pet Nat does have beautiful energy and the light carbon dioxide gives a very pleasant refreshing palate.
We tasted lovely cute bottles from the Madonna site and the Lay vineyard which is divided in 3 part
the Hub Lay, Berg and Lay.
Lots of energy tension, slightly oxidative character and nutty element, bright alcohol and acidity with freshness and happiness in the palate and a great sense of Joy.
A wine we really loved was the Cuvee Rosa still from the Lay side, a blend of Hub Lay and Berg subzone which he dedicates to his little cute niece.
Good color quite extract but with feminine rose petal and ripe apricot, lots of tension and palpable bite. Loved very much, unfortunately, sold out.

The 2017 from the Schiefergold site was another of my favorite, a bit more powerful with lots of complexity and layers...
Thanks for the amazing time...


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