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Heymann-Löwenstein

Reinhard Löwenstein emphasized the challenges faced by vines and vintners in the exposed, rocky, drought-prone terraces that characterize his stretch of the Mosel. Shutdown may have contributed to lower eventual must 2018 weights, but also to a shorter period for aromatic development and a more precarious balance and totality of acids. The Heymann-Löwenstein collection hovers at around 13% alcohol. In aggregate, it represents a successful meeting of vintage 2018 challenges, but with differences in soil and exposure especially telling. In 2018, even healthy berries were subject to shriveling on the vine, but there was no botrytis, and in Löwenstein’s estimation, no potential for nobly sweet wine. In addition to the wines described below, I also tasted from cask – albeit too early to fully assess – the first small, highly promising lot of Heymann-Löwenstein Pinot Noir to have been raised entirely on site by Sarah Löwenstein. There will also be one last “Pinot Noir vom Schiefer” bottling from 2018 in collaboration with vinificateur Hanspeter Ziereisen of Markgräflerland, after which Sarah Löwenstein will be entirely responsible for Heymann-Löwenstein Pinots. (For extensive discussion of this innovative and influential estate, its vineyards and its stylistic and methodological evolution, consult especially the introductions to my coverage of its 2014 and 2015 vintages. It’s worth reiterating here – though I refer you to the aforementioned previous accounts for an explanation – that unless you squint or employ a magnifying glass, you will never spot the initials “GG” on labels of Heymann-Löwenstein wine that are declared as Grosse Gewächse.)

From Generous to a Fault, Mosel 2018: Winningen to Wehlen (Aug 2020) by David Schildknecht

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2018 Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2018 Riesling vom Blauen Schiefer

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2018 Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2018 Riesling Hatzenporter Kirchberg Grosses Gewächs

2018 Riesling Hatzenporter Stolzenberg Grosses Gewächs

2018 Riesling Winninger Röttgen Grosses Gewächs

2018 Riesling Winninger Uhlen Grosses Gewächs Blaufüsser Lay

2018 Riesling Winninger Uhlen Grosses Gewächs Laubach

2018 Riesling Winninger Uhlen Roth Lay

2017 Pinot Noir vom Schiefer

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