Kirchberg Riesling Grosse Lage
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Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from vintage release.
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Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, roasted duck
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The Winninger Kirchberg is a legendary steep-sloped vineyard in the Terrassenmosel, where vines cling to dramatic, towering terraces of dark Devonian slate and quartzite. The name 'Kirchberg' historically points to the church hill, a site blessed with optimal solar exposure and a microclimate tempered by the nearby Mosel River. Heymann-Löwenstein's expression of this Grosse Lage (Grand Cru) site is a masterclass in terroir-driven winemaking. Spontaneously fermented with native yeasts and aged in traditional large oak Fuder casks with extended lees contact, this dry Riesling captures the raw, crystalline minerality of the slate. It is celebrated for its baroque complexity, showing a wild, smoky reduction in its youth that evolves into a deep, multi-layered tapestry of stone fruit, herbal spice, and intense mineral tension.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein in the historic village of Winningen, the Heymann-Löwenstein estate is a pioneering force in Germany's Terrassenmosel region. Renowned for championing terroir-driven, bone-dry Rieslings from breathtakingly steep, slate-terraced vineyards, the winery focuses on capturing the distinct mineral signatures of legendary sites like Röttgen and Uhlen. Their low-intervention winemaking philosophy relies on spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts, extended lees contact, and traditional large oak casks, resulting in highly complex, structured, and age-worthy wines. Today, under the guidance of daughter Sarah Löwenstein, the estate continues to produce some of the Mosel's most profound, expressive Rieslings, ranging from powerful Grosses Gewächs to exquisite, botrytis-affected noble sweet styles. Address: Bahnhofstraße 10, 56333 Winningen, Germany. Website: https://www.heymann-loewenstein.com