Winninger Uhlen Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, foie gras, peach tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Uhlen Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel is a monumental expression of the Terrassenmosel's extreme viticulture. Sourced from the legendary, amphitheater-like Uhlen vineyard—where ancient slate soils are divided into distinct geological sub-plots—this wine represents the pinnacle of noble sweet Riesling. The 'Goldkapsel' (gold capsule) designation denotes an Auslese of superior concentration, crafted from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected grapes. In the cellar, Heymann-Löwenstein employs minimal intervention, allowing spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts to slowly unfold. This patient process yields a wine of breathtaking complexity, balancing luscious, honeyed sweetness with a vibrant, electric vein of slate-driven acidity and smoky minerality.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
7-8.5%