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Loosen and Schug (a.k.a. “Erni and Berni”) harvested from October 4 through November 5, 2016, doing so steadily and at a relaxed tempo thanks to almost continually clear skies. Even with the catch-up supplied by ideal September and early October weather, though, Loosen emphasized the irregularity of ripening that remained - the legacy of a spun-out, rain-plagued flowering. His approach was to pick most parcels and vines twice, on the first pass separating ripe, healthy fruit for Grosse Gewachse and more shaded lower-must weight clusters for Kabinett; on the second, focused on bunches closest to the cane, segregating the healthiest for Grosses Gewachs and those overripe or tinged with botrytis for Auslese. “It was hard to find Spatlese” observed Schug, “because after Kabinett, Grosses Gewachs and Auslese material, there wasn’t much left. And must weights didn’t go much higher [in healthy fruit]. What we collected for Spatlese was literally late-picked.” -From Mosel Riesling 2016 Part 2: Longuich to Graach (Jan 2018) by David Schildknecht