Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Auktion Erste Lage
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Typically best enjoyed 15–50 years from vintage release.
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Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based desserts
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The Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Auktion is a legendary sweet wine of monumental complexity, originating from the steep, terraced cliffs of the lower Mosel. The Laubach parcel of the Uhlen vineyard is geologically unique, featuring layers of grey slate interspersed with fossilized prehistoric coral reef and limestone, which imparts a distinct creamy texture and intense saline minerality to the wine. This rare Lange Goldkapsel (Long Gold Capsule) bottling represents an elite selection of botrytised grapes, crafted only in exceptional vintages and sold exclusively through the prestigious annual VDP Mosel wine auction in Trier. Heymann-Löwenstein employs traditional, low-intervention methods, including spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, allowing this noble sweet Riesling to express the absolute pinnacle of its dramatic terroir.
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Established in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein in the historic village of Winningen, the Heymann-Löwenstein estate is a pioneering force in Germany's Terrassenmosel region. Renowned for championing terroir-driven, bone-dry Rieslings from breathtakingly steep, slate-terraced vineyards, the winery focuses on capturing the distinct mineral signatures of legendary sites like Röttgen and Uhlen. Their low-intervention winemaking philosophy relies on spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts, extended lees contact, and traditional large oak casks, resulting in highly complex, structured, and age-worthy wines. Today, under the guidance of daughter Sarah Löwenstein, the estate continues to produce some of the Mosel's most profound, expressive Rieslings, ranging from powerful Grosses Gewächs to exquisite, botrytis-affected noble sweet styles. Address: Bahnhofstraße 10, 56333 Winningen, Germany. Website: https://www.heymann-loewenstein.com