Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted veal chop, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Uhlen Laubach Riesling is a profound expression of one of the Mosel's most fascinating geological anomalies. The 'Uhlen' vineyard is a sheer, amphitheater-like cliff face, where the 'Laubach' parcel is distinguished by its unique soil: a mixture of grey slate and fossilized Devonian limestone from an ancient coral reef. This limestone influence is highly unusual in the slate-dominated Mosel, imparting a distinct chalky precision, rich texture, and deep mineral complexity to the wine. Under the pioneering vision of the Heymann-Löwenstein estate, the grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and spend extensive time on the lees in traditional large oak casks. This low-intervention approach coaxes out a multi-layered masterpiece characterized by smoky minerality, wild herb notes, and a powerful, structured palate that reflects the extreme, terraced landscape of its origin.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein was founded in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein in Winningen, revitalizing centuries of familial viticultural heritage in the Terrassenmosel. Championing the dramatic, steeply terraced slopes along the lower Mosel, the estate tends approximately 14 hectares of dry-stone wall vineyards tilted up to 80 percent gradients. The viticultural terroir centers on heterogeneous Devonian slate formations, distinguished into blue-gray slate, iron-rich red slate, and fossil-infused calcareous slate. Winemaking adheres to an uncompromising, artisanal ethos: hand-harvested grapes undergo native-yeast fermentation in traditional wooden Fuder casks without additions, followed by long contact with fine lees and late bottling up to 24 months post-harvest. Member of the VDP since 1997, the estate excels in dense, bone-dry, age-worthy Grosses Gewächs bottlings from benchmark crus like Winninger Uhlen—divided into Roth Lay, Laubach, and Blaufüsser Lay—as well as Röttgen, Kirchberg, and the harmonious regional cuvée Schieferterrassen.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%