Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling TBA
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Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50+ years from the vintage release, though it can easily cellar for a century.
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Blue cheese, foie gras, peach tarte tatin
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The Uhlen vineyard in Winningen is one of the Mosel's most dramatic and steep sites, where vines cling to terraces carved into the sheer rock face. Within this legendary site lies the 'Laubach' parcel, famous for its unique geological composition: a layer of grey slate infused with fossilized limestone from an ancient Devonian coral reef. This rare limestone influence imparts a distinct, chalky elegance and structural breadth to the Riesling. In exceptional years, when autumn mists from the Mosel river encourage the development of noble rot, the estate crafts their rare Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA). The grapes are painstakingly harvested by hand, berry by shriveled berry, selecting only those fully concentrated by botrytis. Fermented slowly with wild yeasts, this liquid gold balances luscious, honeyed sweetness with the electric, vibrating acidity characteristic of the Terrassenmosel.
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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