Winninger Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Reserve represents the pinnacle of Heymann-Löwenstein's terroir-driven philosophy. The Uhlen vineyard is a spectacular, amphitheater-like cliff in the Lower Mosel, divided into distinct geological sub-parcels. Among these, 'Roth Lay' is legendary for its intensely red, iron-rich slate soil, which imparts a unique, smoky minerality and deep structure to the wine. The 'Reserve' designation indicates an extraordinary winemaking process: while the standard GG is bottled after a year, the Reserve undergoes extended aging on its fine lees in traditional large oak Fuder casks, often for two to three years or more. This prolonged contact with the yeast softens the Mosel's searing acidity, adding a rich, creamy texture, profound depth, and complex savory notes of petrol, dried stone fruits, and crushed flint. It is a monument to the extreme viticulture of the Terrassenmosel, where vines cling to near-vertical slate walls that have been cultivated since Roman times.
🍾 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)
12.5% - 13.5%