There are some – many – Riesling fans out there for whom there’s no match for this estate. The composition and feel of these wines, heady with slate and flowers and never less than exhilarating, moved up a level some years back. And they keep getting better. Stephan Reinhardt feels the same way.
“His 2013s were already great, but Reinhard Lowenstein’s 2014 Rieslings from Winningen and Hatzenport in the Terrassenmosel are simply outstanding, and belong doubtlessly to the very best in the whole Mosel valley. They are all dry and much more precise and stimulating than in former years when botrytis was more tolerated than it is today.” They get off to a flying start with a cracking rendition of the Schieferterrassen, and just keep going higher…
