Winninger Uhlen Rothlay Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2036
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, seared scallops, spicy Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Uhlen Rothlay Riesling Trocken is an extraordinary expression of terroir from one of the most extreme vineyard sites in the world. Located in the Terrassenmosel, the 'Rothlay' is a prized, ultra-steep parcel within the grand Uhlen vineyard, distinguished by its unique, iron-rich red slate soils ('rot' meaning red, and 'lay' being the old Celtic-derived regional term for slate). This unique geology imparts a distinctively smoky, intensely mineral, and exotic character to the wine. Heymann-Löwenstein utilizes traditional, low-intervention craftsmanship to capture this terroir, employing spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, extensive skin contact, and prolonged maturation on the lees in large, neutral oak casks. The resulting dry Riesling is powerful, highly structured, and deeply complex, showing a fascinating tension between rich stone fruit, wild herbs, and a fierce, salty minerality.
🍾 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%