Uhlen R Roth Lay GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted veal chop with chanterelles, pan-seared scallops, or roasted duck.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the dizzyingly steep, terraced cliffs of the Terrassenmosel, the Uhlen vineyard is a dramatic amphitheater where slate and stone meet the sky. Within this legendary site lies the 'Roth Lay' parcel, famous for its unique, iron-rich red slate soils. The 'R' designation signifies a special reserve bottling, representing an ultra-selective harvest that undergoes extended aging on its natural lees in traditional large oak Fuder casks. Heymann-Löwenstein's philosophy of minimal intervention and spontaneous wild yeast fermentation allows this terroir to express itself fully. The resulting wine is a powerful, dry Riesling of immense structural complexity, marked by a distinct smoky minerality, wild herbal notes, and a rich, textured palate that defies the typical light-bodied Mosel stereotype.
🍾 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)
12.5% - 13%