Rottgen Grosse Lage Nr13
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, spicy Thai crab cakes, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Röttgen vineyard, rising precipitously above the river in the village of Winningen, is one of the Mosel's most dramatic and historically significant grand crus. Its name derives from the medieval German word 'roden' (to clear land), referencing the arduous task faced by early Christian monks who carved terraces directly into the sheer cliffs of soft, iron-rich yellow and blue Devonian slate. Heymann-Löwenstein's Röttgen Grosse Lage is a masterclass in extreme viticulture. Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in traditional large oak casks and left on its lees for an extended period, this dry Riesling is celebrated for its baroque, opulent character. It beautifully balances intense, smoky minerality with exotic fruit notes, showcasing the unique microclimate of these sun-drenched, amphitheater-like terraces.
🍾 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