Hatzenporter Stolzenberg Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted pork belly, seared scallops, creamy poultry dishes
✨ Technical Specifications
The Hatzenporter Stolzenberg Riesling GG is a magnificent expression of the Terrassenmosel's dramatic landscape. The Stolzenberg, or 'proud mountain,' is a steep, south-southeast-facing amphitheater vineyard in the village of Hatzenport, where vines cling to sheer terraces of weathered, iron-rich slate. This unique geological composition imparts a distinct, smoky minerality and a structured, saline depth to the wine. Heymann-Löwenstein practices a philosophy of minimal intervention, allowing the grapes to ferment spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional large oak casks followed by extended contact on the fine lees. The resulting wine is a powerful, bone-dry Riesling that masterfully balances rich stone fruit flavors with a vibrant, electric acidity and a profound, soil-driven complexity that reflects centuries of Mosel winemaking heritage.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein was founded in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein in Winningen, revitalizing centuries of familial viticultural heritage in the Terrassenmosel. Championing the dramatic, steeply terraced slopes along the lower Mosel, the estate tends approximately 14 hectares of dry-stone wall vineyards tilted up to 80 percent gradients. The viticultural terroir centers on heterogeneous Devonian slate formations, distinguished into blue-gray slate, iron-rich red slate, and fossil-infused calcareous slate. Winemaking adheres to an uncompromising, artisanal ethos: hand-harvested grapes undergo native-yeast fermentation in traditional wooden Fuder casks without additions, followed by long contact with fine lees and late bottling up to 24 months post-harvest. Member of the VDP since 1997, the estate excels in dense, bone-dry, age-worthy Grosses Gewächs bottlings from benchmark crus like Winninger Uhlen—divided into Roth Lay, Laubach, and Blaufüsser Lay—as well as Röttgen, Kirchberg, and the harmonious regional cuvée Schieferterrassen.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12-13%