Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling GG
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from the vintage release, as it requires a few years to shed its youthful austerity and fully reveal its complex terroir.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Seared scallops, roasted pork belly, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling Grosses Gew$chs is a profound expression of the Terrassenmosel's dramatic geology. The 'Uhlen' vineyard is a legendary, amphitheater-like cliff of dizzying steepness, within which the 'Laubach' parcel represents a geological anomaly. Here, the Devonian slate is heavily layered with fossilized limestone from an ancient coral reef. This unique calcareous influence, combined with Heymann-L&wenstein's commitment to spontaneous fermentation in traditional large oak casks and extensive lees contact, yields a dry Riesling of immense structural power. It is a wine that trade-marks wild herb aromatics, a rich, almost creamy texture, and a deep, smoky, chalky minerality that reflects its prehistoric marine heritage.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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