Winninger Uhlen Rothlay Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nr9
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based desserts
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the dizzying, near-vertical terraces of the lower Mosel, the Winninger Uhlen vineyard is a geological marvel. Within this legendary grand cru, the Roth Lay parcel reigns supreme, defined by its striking, iron-rich red slate soils that impart a profound, smoky minerality to the vines. This Auslese Goldkapsel Nr9 represents the pinnacle of Heymann-Lowenstein's sweet wine artistry. Crafted only in exceptional years when noble rot develops perfectly, the grapes are painstakingly hand-selected from these precipitous cliffs. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional oak casks, the wine captures the dramatic tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and the vibrant, electric acidity characteristic of the Terrassenmosel. It is a liquid testament to the extreme viticulture of the region, where winemakers brave gravity to produce wines of monumental complexity and historical depth.
🍾 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