Winnninger Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, or grilled pork belly.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Winninger Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling GG is a monumental expression of the Terrassenmosel, sourced from the 'Roth Lay'—the warmest, iron-rich red slate parcel of the legendary Uhlen vineyard. The name 'Lay' derives from an old Celtic word for slate, and the intense red coloration of the rock imparts a distinctively smoky, wild, and deeply mineral character to the wine. Grown on dizzyingly steep, terraced cliffs that require heroic manual labor, the vines dig deep into the fractured stone. In the cellar, the wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and experiences extensive contact with the lees in traditional large oak casks. This low-intervention approach yields a dry Riesling of immense structure, power, and textural complexity, balancing vibrant acidity with a rich, almost 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%