Winninger Uhlen Riesling B Blaufusser Lay GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted pork belly, pan-seared scallops, mildly spiced Thai curries
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the dizzyingly steep, terraced cliffs of the Terrassenmosel, the legendary Uhlen vineyard is a dramatic amphitheater of stone. Within this grand cru site lies the Blaufüsser Lay parcel, named after its unique, hard blue Devonian slate soil. Local folklore attributes the name Uhlen to the wild owls that have nested in the warm, craggy stone walls of these terraces for centuries. Under the visionary guidance of the Heymann-Löwenstein estate, this terroir yields a dry Riesling of immense power and crystalline purity. The grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and spend extended time on their lees in traditional large oak casks. This minimal-intervention approach coaxes out a multi-layered masterpiece, balancing intense smoky minerality, wild herb notes, and a vibrant, structured acidity that showcases the profound depth of the Mosel.
🍾 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%