Stolzenberg Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
pan-seared trout, roasted pork belly, spiced Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Stolzenberg, translating to the 'Proud Mountain,' is one of the Mosel's most dramatic terraced vineyards, where vines cling to near-vertical cliffs. Heymann-Löwenstein's Stolzenberg Riesling captures the intense, dramatic spirit of this site. The terroir is defined by a complex mosaic of blue and grey slate interspersed with hard quartzite, which imparts a profound flinty minerality and a distinct smoky tension to the wine. Crafted with a philosophy of minimal intervention, the grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and are aged in traditional, large oak Fuder casks. This slow, natural process coaxes out a multi-layered masterpiece of wild herbs, ripe stone fruit, and a vibrating, saline finish that reflects the ancient geological history of the Terrassenmosel.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein, Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein is situated in Winningen within the dramatic, vertiginous Terrassenmosel region of Germany. Renowned as a pioneering visionary of terroir-driven, dry Mosel Riesling, the estate champions low-intervention cellar practices, ambient yeast fermentations, and meticulous organic viticulture across extreme slate terraces. Cultivating celebrated Grand Cru vineyards such as Winninger Röttgen and the intricately geologized Winninger Uhlen, the winery creates wines deeply reflective of their distinct slate soils. Their celebrated portfolio ranges from profound, mineral-rich Grosses Gewächs dry Rieslings to intensely layered, botrytized dessert wines of remarkable longevity.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12-13%