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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2034 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by FEDEVIDAL on 2/21/2022 & rated 94 points: Decantado cuatro horas. Color amarillo pálido. Aroma intenso y vivo de alta calidad, se inicia con potentes notas de gas, seguido de fruta blanca fresca, tropical, manzana ácida y flores, finalizando con nuevas notas minerales. Boca elegante, fina, suave y estructurada, con gran acidez, muy vivo y reproduce las sensaciones olfativas sobre todo manzana ácida y alta mineralidad y final muy largo.
Este excelente riesling deberá ir mejorando durante varias décadas. Un auténtico placer. (1413 views) | | | Tasted by stet on 12/12/2021 & rated 90 points: Color: light gold
Nose: octane and hydrocarbons. Very strong ceran wrap. Wet stone. Lychee and ripe peach. Definitely has a reductiveness to it
Palate: medium-high acidity, medium-full body. Dominated by ripe lychee and peach. Octanes less present here
Finish: medium-long
Styled in a dry way, this at this stage really needs to sit open in broad decanter for 2 hours. Otherwise you will get a thin palate that underwhelms. Room temp also helps. This is a little less characterful than other dry-style German rieslings I have had, but it has a length that I consider epic for the genre. I suspect this has to sit for another decade to give its best, but it's great now too (1357 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 10/20/2021 & rated 91 points: SLDS October 2021: Smoke, mango, melon and spice on the nose. Palate has good texture with spark and kick to it, dry as expected. Good length and balance, solid but perhaps without the excitement factor to take it up a notch. (1259 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 4/9/2021 & rated 89 points: Slight shame here - lovely nose, with a super combination of diesel, smoke and tropical fruit, but the palate was marred by a sassafras flavour that I just couldn't get past. Wonder if there was a slight flaw as the other reviews are so strong, and I've only had positive experiences with this producer before. (1996 views) | | | Tasted by andreel on 3/16/2021 & rated 92 points: Expected this to be too young but this showed very well. Smokey, with ripe yellow fruit, lip-smacking. Shame I only had one bottle. (811 views) | | | Tasted by ziavino on 2/2/2021 & rated 94 points: This needed some time to open up in the glass, and after an hour or so, it really starting showing off. Faint hints of petrol and seamless acidity throughout, but the purity of fruit is the star. Ripe peach/nectarine notes lead the way, with a touch of tropical fruit and an emerging saline taste late. The finish sails on and on. What an outstanding bottle of wine. (1732 views) | | | Tasted by Jan J on 8/22/2020: Accessed with Coravin. Rich, intense, and creamy. On the nose, ripe tropical fruits like pineapple and guava intermingle with plastic toys and wet slate. On the palate, this is a satisfying and mouth-filling wine, of good power, releasing lemon custard, salt, tropical fruits, and even fresh herbs. In short: tropical fruits and umami.
I prefer this served at a slightly cooler temperature than the style and richness would suggest, to keep it from becoming too rich, and maintain the elegance and acidity. It paired perfectly with a chicken and chickpea curry. (1432 views) | | | Tasted by Jan J on 8/22/2020: Accessed with Coravin. Rich, intense, and creamy. On the nose, ripe tropical fruits like pineapple and guava intermingle with plastic toys and wet slate. On the palate, this is a satisfying and mouth-filling wine, of good power, releasing lemon custard, salt, tropical fruits, and even fresh herbs. In short: tropical fruits and umami.
I prefer this served at a slightly cooler temperature than the style and richness would suggest, to keep it from becoming too rich, and maintain the elegance and acidity. It paired perfectly with a chicken and chickpea curry. (835 views) | | | Tasted by -Tim- on 7/8/2020 & rated 94 points: Had a bottle of this at Tim Raue Restaurant in Berlin, Germany.
Only 4000 L produced in 2016. 17 months on lees.
Incredibly dense and intense palate, mainly apple/pear, slate, salt and a very long finish.
Suckling 96p
Parker 93-94p
Lobenberg 97-100p (844 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)"R" Roth Lay On weinlagen-infoWinninger Uhlen On weinlagen-infoGermany 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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