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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 4/8/2023 & rated 95 points: Ramps and Riesling Fest (Washington, DC): Gorgeous depth of apricot and glazed peaches, quince, with rushing minerals. Taut on the palate with a dense texture, and flavors of orange marmalade, lemon peel, such crisp acidity and minerals throughout. Precise, complex, this was gorgeous young and has integrated so well over the years. (405 views) | | | Tasted by Klugi Wine on 2/27/2021 & rated 93 points: Similar to last note, just slightly more evolved. Still quite exciting and developing in the glass over time. (761 views) | | | Tasted by Klugi Wine on 12/3/2017 & rated 93 points: This bottle came with a stelvin cap, so it was very fresh and (probably) younger than the ones with cork closures.
Heymann Löwenstein excelled in 2010, because this freakish vintage with its extreme levels of acidity but also extract balanced the sometimes off dry style.
The wine mixes fresh apples with some white peach and a little honey. The palate is intense with a lot of slate, acidity and pressure.
I'm excited to try some of the Rötgen and Uhlen from this vintage. Truly amazing wines. (1276 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 6/23/2017 flawed bottle: Ouch, have been aging these, and while this had some nice qualities, it was far too dark and advanced than felt fit, and made me wonder if acetyldehyde hadn't taken over the wine leaving me with a nasty headache soon after drinking and even the next day. Let's hope this bottle is an aberration and the next and last shows clearer and with more peach fruit. (1503 views) | | | Tasted by vmad on 7/26/2015: Fyldig og kraftfull til å være en tørr riesling fra Mosel. Ble ikke luftet lenge nok til at jeg gir den poeng. Meget god vin. 280 kr (2075 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 7/13/2013: Day 4-still bangingly good, showing lots of white peach, nectarine, and powdered slate. (2769 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 6/13/2013: This is trout wine. Fresh corn too would be great. Damn this is good. (2377 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 4/16/2013 & rated 92 points: Admittedly, this bottle looks like something you would kill a vampire with. But Lord, the contents couldn't be a greater contrast to the blackened wax cork, blood red estate image, and otherworldly silver script--as inside lives a bright, fresh, acidic, a blindingly mineral wine, that almost tastes of ground wet blue slate. Truly a marvelous wine, and a ravishingly delicious partner for a wide swath of foods. 2010 acid-level gymnastic brilliance--the sugar feels almost palpable, but the acid is so intense it finishes decidedly dry and mineral, as if you dozed off next to a stone cutting machine and woke up with a mouth full of stone dust. Just lovely. Peaches for days, but a tactile twist in the cheeks' interior as the acid gets to work on the long finish. (2358 views) | | | Tasted by Rob and Meg on 1/18/2013 & rated 92 points: Vivid aromatics ripe tangerine citrus, apple cinnamon, white flowers, and green tea. The palate explodes but remains well balanced, boasting a gorgeous melange of tropic fruits buffered by fantastic slate minerals and citric acidity. The finish is particularly exciting, with endlessly changing lemon/lime/tangerine, fresh green herbs, and fresh cut grass. A wonderful young riesling, with plenty of promise in the cellar. R&M92 (1925 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 12/29/2012 & rated 92 points: Holiday 2012 Wines; 12/23/2012-12/31/2012 (Santa Fe, NM): Same note as before. Really nice expression of riesling...great combination of minerality, fruit and acid. (2326 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 12/27/2012 & rated 92 points: Holiday 2012 Wines; 12/23/2012-12/31/2012 (Santa Fe, NM): Another great bottle. Lots of tropical fruit with elegant lanolin and pear tones. Great acidity. (1641 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 12/25/2012 & rated 92 points: Holiday 2012 Wines; 12/23/2012-12/31/2012 (Santa Fe, NM): Lots of exotic peach, pear and mango notes on the nose. With some air, a layer of petrichor, mineral and lanolin built creating a really nice perfume. The palate was very tropical with a fine mineral cut on the finish. Drinking very well. (1590 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 7/26/2012 & rated 95 points: The wine is a golden yellow color in the glass. Exotic aromas abound: white peach, fresh wildflowers, orange zest and hints of clover honey. The acid hits the palate right away, and sticks around through the finish. The acid is lip-smackingly high, but I have to admit: I friggin' love it. The flavors are crazy-good: rich white peach, Granny Smith apple, lime zest, margarita salt, tangerine rind... the flavors go on and on. The level of freshness is absurd. This riesling shows rich fruit but it's laced with tons of acid and minerals for balance. Hints of chestnut on the long finish. I've tasted a ton of 2010 Mosel rieslings, but this is one of my favorites for sure. Classic. I'm going to try and age several bottles of this wine because it will improve for 10, 20 maybe even 30 years. But it's so delicious, I'm not sure if it stands a chance of being left undisturbed for long. (1650 views) | | | Tasted by Milos on 2/11/2012 & rated 94 points: This is sleek and powerful at the same time. Forward nose of apricot, peaches, green apples and mineral notes, quite intense. And then the palate, sweet fruit cut by searing acidity and full body, incredible viscosity; leads to a very long finish. It will get better!! (1433 views) |
| Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Producer website
Reinhard Lowenstein, whose family had been winegrowers for generations, was as a youth somewhat rebellious and did not want to follow the family tradition. He became active politically and in the early ‘70s was even a member of the Communist Party in France. He became disillusioned with the Communists’ hypocrisy and blind acceptance of doctrine, and quit the Party. He learned, though, that his earlier decision had far-reaching consequences. These extreme political propensities were no more admired by France employers at that time, than they were in America, and as a consequence Reinhard soon learned that he could not get a job. From anyone. He finally realized that he had no choice but to go back home and make wine. His questioning mind and views of the world, moreover, put him in good stead to be a winemaker. He has become one of the most famous and iconoclast winemakers in Germany. His wines are so sought after that he sells nearly 60% of his production to private customers in Germany, and the rest are highly allocated around the world. His vineyards are located on the far eastern edge of the Mosel, above Winnigen, just a few miles from Koblenz, on some of the highest and steepest slopes of the Mosel. Here the soils are virtually all slate, and Reinhard has made a study, not only of expositions, but even more, each type (color) of slate. So there is Blauen Schiefer (blue slate), Roth lay (red slate, Lay being another name for slate), prominently noted on the various cuvees. In fact, he is so well-known for these minute studies of soil and exposition that he has been given the name “terroir-ist” by the German press. Due to the extreme low yields and old vines, these are not “light, pretty” wines, either. They are big, powerful Auslese level wines with little residual sugar and imposing structure. As one goes “up the ladder”, each wine is more and more concentrated and an even more perfect expression of its terroir. These are German wines for people who would also love Grand Cru white Burgundy like Batard-Montrachet or Corton-Charlemagne. Indeed, Revue du Vin de France named Heymann –Lowenstein (Reinhard’s wife’s maiden name is Heymann), Foreign Winery of the Year last year, over Vega-Sicilia and three other nominees. One could fairly describe Reinhard, both in fame and style, as the F.X. Pichler of the Mosel.Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Germany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)Mosel Saar RuwerStarting in 2007 the German wine authorities have changed labeling laws to rename all of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wines to just "Mosel." This puts this and other database driven sites in a difficult spot, as millions of old wine label reflect the former labeling. As described here, CellarTracker has elected to remain with the old labeling for a number of years to avoid confusion. At some point we will switch over to just "Mosel" but not for a few years at least.
Mosel WeinKulturland (Moselwein e.V.)
Detailed geographical information at weinlagen.info
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"Acid levels are relatively low throughout Riesling-growing Europe (acidification will once again be permitted in Germany – no surprise, as that’s been the case in eight of the last 10 vintages); but because malic acid was baked off or degraded by relentlessly balmy weather means, what acid remains is overwhelmingly of the efficacious tartaric sort. Extract levels are low, as one would anticipate from a growing season during which relatively little moisture was coursing through the vine’s roots and shoots. [...] Everyone is astonished how there could have been so much juice despite the drought." - David Schildknecht
"2018 is a homogenous vintage with a very high general level, below which it seldom falls [...] It leads with blossom. It is perhaps 80% delicious and 20% fascinating." - Terry Theise
#2017 Vintage Notes:
"not so friendly towards light wines" - Milkmansteve
#2016 Vintage Notes: "Overall, 2016 is a charmer of a vintage with much immediate ripe and fruity appeal, not unlike 2011 (in fresher) or 2007 (in lighter). However, 2016 is far from being homogeneous, in fact it is composed of a mosaic of vintages, a result of the freakish growing conditions. Hidden inside the vintage, there are true gems with the balance of 1997, one of the best vintages ever, 2002 or even 2008. The bulk of the harvest was brought in with refreshingly moderate sugar levels. Overall, the Saar and Ruwer produced slightly fresher wines than the Middle Mosel but there are great differences between Estates. The good harvest conditions allowed for some Auslese, little BA and even TBA wines, but some remarkably pure and fruity Eiswein.
In general, 2016 offers the opportunity to acquire Riesling with great immediate ripe appeal: The vintage is a true charmer. At the top, 2016 is one of the most exciting and elegantly balanced vintage since the 1990s and well-worth stocking up for cellaring! In particular, we urge our readers to literally plunge onto the finest Kabinett and Spätlese: These are some of the most exciting and classic we have ever tasted. 2016 looks also set to become a major vintage for dry Riesling, provided the aromatics are not overripe. Lovers of dessert wines will find much to love in 2016 as the Auslese are pure and the Eiswein are gorgeously fruity. They should however also keep an eye open for the remaining stunning noble-sweet wines from 2015 which are still available here and there." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 36, July 2017
#2014 Vintage Notes:
"The heterogeneity of the 2014 vintage carries over onto the aging process. The top wines start to close down, as one would expect from these wines which are a remake of those from the 1990s. The wines affected by gin, saffron and mushroom flavors are still comparatively open and offer a not unattractive Scheurebe styled fruit opulence. We would opt to drink up these lesser wines except for the odd bottle and bury the little treasures of the vintage deep into the cellar." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 30, March 2016
#2013 Vintage Notes:
"The fruity-styled 2013 wines have firmed up significantly since last year and start to show signs of closing down, making the underlying acidity seemingly sharp and out of balance. The better dry wines have come out of their early armor of smoke and tannin but the acidity may prove quite challenging. Quite frankly, except for some smaller bottlings, this is a vintage to lay down and wait." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2012 Vintage Notes:
"The 2012 wines have put on some flesh and go through a 'fattier' phase which is not unlike what the 2007 went through at the same period. However, the zestier acidity cuts through this 'weight' and makes the wines thoroughly enjoyable at this early stage. In particular the fruity Kabinett and Spatlese as well as the off-dry and dry wines offer much pleasure. We expect these wines to close down over the coming year or two. Enjoy while it lasts!" - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2011 Vintage Notes:
"A bit to our surprise, the 2011 wines have shut down and go through a quite difficult and muted phase now. Their low acidity combined with their maturity makes them feel rich, opulent and often bulky, and thus not really enjoyable. We expect that these will need at least a decade to integrate their sweetness and gain in harmony. The only exception is the dry wines, whose low acidity makes for great food companionship." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2010 Vintage Notes:
"After a mellower period in 2012, many 2010 wines have firmed up and developed a stronger smoky side. However, most continue to shine through their fruit opulence, structure and deliciously zesty but ripe acidity. This suits in particular the off-dry bottlings, which have more charm than the legally dry wines. Will these wines close down? Actually, the softening acidity makes us wonder now but it also provides further evidence that these wines will turn out harmonious after all." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2009 Vintage Notes:
"Most 2009 wines have closed down, which accentuates their round and soft side forward. Many can still be quite enjoyable but the times of primary fruit with its attractive aromatic expression and a generous acidic kick are now over. Except for the dry wines, we would definitely recommend keeping your hands off any bottle in your cellar and possibly buying more wines from this vintage on the market as these are true gems in the making." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015 |
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