Riesling Schieferterrassen
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Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Pan-seared trout, spicy Thai green curry, roasted pork loin
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The 'Schieferterrassen' (slate terraces) serves as Heymann-Löwenstein's magnificent calling card, capturing the dramatic spirit of the Terrassenmosel. Sourced from incredibly steep, terraced vineyards in Winningen where vines cling to weathered Devonian slate soils, this wine is a masterclass in mineral expression. The estate's philosophy views wine as a liquid translation of rock, and this bottling embodies that connection. The grapes are harvested by hand on dizzying slopes that require heroic manual labor, followed by spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and extended aging on the lees in traditional large oak casks. This low-intervention approach coaxes out a textured, complex, and intensely mineral Riesling that offers a dry, structural, and deeply aromatic profile rich with wild herbs, stone fruit, and smoky slate notes.
🍾 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