Sekt Fantasie Schieferterrassen
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
fresh oysters, smoked trout, triple-cream cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Heymann-Löwenstein's 'Fantasie' Sekt is a masterclass in the sparkling potential of the Terrassenmosel's extreme slate slopes. Sourced from the estate's steep, terraced vineyards in Winningen, where vines cling to weathered Devonian slate, this traditional-method sparkling wine is crafted entirely from Riesling. Reinhard Löwenstein, known for his artistic and philosophical approach to viticulture, conceived 'Fantasie' as a testament to the playful, imaginative heights that Mosel Riesling can achieve under pressure. The wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation before secondary fermentation in the bottle, followed by exceptionally long aging on the lees—often spanning several years—to integrate the Mosel's searing, mineral-driven acidity with rich, autolytic complexity. The result is a sparkling wine of profound depth, marrying the smoky, flinty essence of the slate terraces with fine, creamy effervescence.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%