Winninger Rottgen Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit-based tarts, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the dizzyingly steep, terraced cliffs of the Terrassenmosel, the Winninger Röttgen vineyard is a dramatic amphitheater of stone and vine. The name 'Röttgen' historically refers to the clearing of the land ('roden') and the striking, iron-rich reddish slate that defines this grand cru site. In exceptional vintages, when autumn mists from the Mosel River encourage the development of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea), Heymann-Löwenstein crafts this rare Beerenauslese. Every single shriveled, honeyed berry is painstakingly selected by hand during multiple passes through the vineyard. Fermented slowly with indigenous yeasts, the resulting wine is a monumental expression of concentrated minerality, vibrant acidity, and luscious sweetness, capturing the wild, untamed spirit of one of Germany's most challenging viticultural landscapes.
🍾 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