Riesling Schieferterrassen BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, apricot tart, rich duck liver pâté
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Schieferterrassen' (slate terraces) Beerenauslese from Heymann-Löwenstein is a liquid testament to the extreme viticulture of the Terrassenmosel. Grown on the dizzyingly steep, hand-built stone terraces of Winningen, where roots must drill deep into the ancient Devonian slate to find moisture, this noble sweet elixir is only produced in vintages where nature perfectly aligns. The wine is crafted from individually hand-selected grapes shriveled by botrytis (noble rot). Legend has it that these sheer slate cliffs act as giant heat storage heaters, reflecting warmth back onto the vines during the cool Mosel nights, allowing for the perfect, slow development of botrytis. The resulting wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, capturing a profound tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and a vibrant, slate-driven mineral acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein, Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein is situated in Winningen within the dramatic, vertiginous Terrassenmosel region of Germany. Renowned as a pioneering visionary of terroir-driven, dry Mosel Riesling, the estate champions low-intervention cellar practices, ambient yeast fermentations, and meticulous organic viticulture across extreme slate terraces. Cultivating celebrated Grand Cru vineyards such as Winninger Röttgen and the intricately geologized Winninger Uhlen, the winery creates wines deeply reflective of their distinct slate soils. Their celebrated portfolio ranges from profound, mineral-rich Grosses Gewächs dry Rieslings to intensely layered, botrytized dessert wines of remarkable longevity.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling