Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Auktion Erste Lage
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based desserts
✨ Technical Specifications
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.
🍾 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