About Heymann-Löwenstein

Cornelia and Reinhard Löwenstein were ahead of their time when they founded their estate in 1980. Eschewing the so-called classics of the relatively recent Prädikat system, they picked ripe grapes from their towering vineyards of the Terrassenmosel, and ferment to dryness or as far as the wine would go. Numbers and lab analytics are anathema; this estate is all about slate and the senses.
Viticulture is organic and painstaking on the back-breaking slopes, and long, slow, natural ferments in steel and Fuder are the go. Ripe, integrated phenolics and a colourful fan of flavours are the result, always animated by acidity and slaty minerals. With daughter Sarah and long-standing winemaker Kaddi Höhler leading the way, the estate is in great shape. The wines have edged towards a level of precision over the past decade that has taken nothing away from the visceral pleasure of drinking them.

About Sarah Lowenstein

With 15ha now under vine, the baton has recently been passed onto their daughter Sarah, who similarly to her father, didn’t originally know that winemaking was going to be her destiny but after studying, was drawn back to the winery that she grew up in. Having gained experience by spending time at other Riesling-centric estates, Sarah has continued the path on which her parents originally ploughed.

Never ones to look back, the Heymann-Löwenstein way is to let the vineyard do the talking and the wines that Sarah now releases, along with Reinhard, continue to be beacons of light that transport the steep slatey slopes of the Terrassenmosel straight into your glass. To quote Sarah “I always want to develop further and be open to change. Each vintage brings new challenges that require us to find a new harmony between vintage, winery style and vineyard character”. Most recently this has seen the exclusion of any botrytised grapes (since 2014) in the dry wines, something Sarah believes further allows each site to be expressed to its fullest without any ‘cover’. And who are we to argue with the most recent releases from this hallowed estate being as great as any we have seen since we have had the honour of bringing their wines down under.

Current Range

2021  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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Archive

2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Schieferterrassen Bohème

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen in Orange

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling

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2015  Heymann-Löwenstein Vom Schiefer Pinot Noir

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Vom Schiefer Pinot Noir

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Von Blauem Schiefer Riesling

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2017  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2013  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2017  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2015  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2013  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2011  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2011  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2010  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2009  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2008  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Laubach Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Laubach Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2013  Heymann-Löwenstein Uhlen Laubach Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2017  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2015  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2011  Heymann-Löwenstein Röttgen Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2020  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2017  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2015  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2013  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2011  Heymann-Löwenstein Kirchberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2020  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2019  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2018  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2017  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2016  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2015  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2014  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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2013  Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

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