Schieferterrassen in Rot
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from the vintage release, though high-quality vintages can develop beautifully for up to a decade.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, seared salmon, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Heymann-Löwenstein's Schieferterrassen in Rot represents a compelling exploration of Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) planted on the dramatic, ultra-steep slate terraces of the Terrassenmosel. While the estate is globally renowned for its dry Rieslings, this red bottling showcases the unique potential of cool-climate Pinot Noir grown on ancient Devonian slate soils. These sheer cliffs absorb the intense daytime sun and radiate warmth back to the vines during the cool Mosel nights, allowing the grapes to achieve optimal ripeness while retaining vibrant acidity. Crafted with the estate's signature low-intervention philosophy—including spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aging in traditional oak casks—this wine offers a fascinating tension between delicate red berry fruit, savory forest floor, and a distinct, smoky mineral backbone derived directly from the slate 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
Pinot Noir