2024 Wiesbaden GG Preview: Mosel Part V

Heymann-Löwenstein

This set of Heymann-Löwenstein’s wines was one of the biggest disappointments of the Wiesbaden preview. Several of these wines had not yet been bottled, suggesting also the possibility that bottling for the others had only been recent, and so maybe there is hope that those wines did not show typically. However, these wines serve as a reminder that conditions were difficult in 2023 and one had to move very fast to harvest at the right moment.

2023 (Hatzenport) Kirchberg Riesling GG 

Floral, white peach aromas. Light in mouth, perhaps just a touch of sweetness, no great depth, muddled fruit. Disappointing. 84/F

2023 (Hatzenport) Stolzenberg Riesling GG 

A bit more body, but still not showing precision or depth. 84/F

2023 Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Riesling GG

Honeyed nose. Medium-weight, more body here, more depth. Fruit is tending toward nectarine. Barrel sample. (87-90)

2023 Uhlen Laubach Riesling GG 

Peach skin nose. Medium-weight, peach skin fruit, a bit shy. Barrel sample. (88-90)

2023 Uhlen Roth Lay Riesling GG 

Yellow peach nose. Medium-light body, no great precision here to peach fruit. Barrel sample. (85-87)

2023 (Winningen) Röttgen Riesling GG 

Some peach fruit, but flat in the mouth. 85/D