Riesling Schieferterrassen TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2030 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, apricot tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from the dizzying, slate-carved ledges of the Terrassenmosel, the Riesling Schieferterrassen Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the pinnacle of liquid gold from Heymann-Löwenstein. In rare vintages where autumn mists rise from the Mosel River to meet the warm canopy of the steep Winningen amphitheater, Botrytis cinerea flourishes. The estate's dedicated harvesters scale the near-vertical terraces to select shriveled, honey-sweet berries individually. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in traditional large oak casks, this rare nectar captures the intense minerality of devonian slate balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity that prevents the immense sweetness from cloying. It is a testament to the extreme viticulture and historical legacy of the region.
🍾 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