Winninger Uhlen Rothlay Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
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Typically best enjoyed 10 to 40 years from the vintage release, with the potential to develop beautifully for even longer under proper cellar conditions.
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Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based desserts
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Perched on the dizzyingly steep, terraced cliffs of the Lower Mosel, the Uhlen vineyard is a geological marvel. Within this grand site lies 'Rothlay', a prized parcel defined by its unique, iron-rich red slate soils. This striking terroir imparts a distinctively smoky, fiery minerality to the Riesling vines that cling to its sheer rock faces. The Winninger Uhlen Rothlay Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of selection at the estate. Crafted only in favorable years from meticulously hand-harvested, botrytis-affected grapes, this noble sweet wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in traditional large oak casks. The result is a legendary elixir that beautifully balances decadent sweetness, electric acidity, and the profound, stony imprint of the Rothlay terraced slopes.
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Established in 1980 by Reinhard Löwenstein and Cornelia Heymann-Löwenstein in the historic village of Winningen, the Heymann-Löwenstein estate is a pioneering force in Germany's Terrassenmosel region. Renowned for championing terroir-driven, bone-dry Rieslings from breathtakingly steep, slate-terraced vineyards, the winery focuses on capturing the distinct mineral signatures of legendary sites like Röttgen and Uhlen. Their low-intervention winemaking philosophy relies on spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts, extended lees contact, and traditional large oak casks, resulting in highly complex, structured, and age-worthy wines. Today, under the guidance of daughter Sarah Löwenstein, the estate continues to produce some of the Mosel's most profound, expressive Rieslings, ranging from powerful Grosses Gewächs to exquisite, botrytis-affected noble sweet styles. Address: Bahnhofstraße 10, 56333 Winningen, Germany. Website: https://www.heymann-loewenstein.com