Winninger Schieferterrassen Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, fruit-based tarts, spicy glazed duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the dizzying, gravity-defying cliffs of the Terrassenmosel, the Winninger Schieferterrassen Riesling Auslese is a testament to extreme viticulture. The grapes are harvested from the estate's steep, slate-terraced vineyards in Winningen, where ancient Devonian slate soils absorb the daytime sun and radiate warmth back to the vines at night. This Auslese is crafted from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected grapes. In the cellar, the Löwenstein family employs low-intervention methods, allowing spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in traditional large oak casks. The result is a noble sweet Riesling of profound complexity, where luscious notes of honeyed stone fruit, exotic spices, and candied citrus are brilliantly balanced by a striking, mineral-driven acidity and a distinct smoky, salty slate finish that reflects its dramatic origin.
🍾 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