TERROIR PROFILE
Terrassenmosel
Europe's steepest terraces
Terrassenmosel — Heymann-Löwenstein's home, uncompromising steep-slope culture in Winningen.
Climate, site & wine
Devonian slate and greywacke form the backbone of the Terrassenmosel; at the Calmont, quartzite and sandstone are added. The dark rock warms quickly and releases the heat, while the Mosel reflects extra light and dampens frost. Riesling covers almost 60 percent of the vineyard area; it ripens slowly and keeps its acidity.
The Rieslings show a taut, saline and mineral structure with citrus, stone fruit and smoky notes, and they age well. Spätburgunder and other varieties play a supporting role.
TERROIR PROFILE · Mosel
Terrassenmosel Europe's steepest terraces
Terrassenmosel — Heymann-Löwenstein's home, uncompromising steep-slope culture in Winningen.
SOILS
Slatemineral, smoky
Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Cool-continental climate in the narrow, sheltered Mosel valley. The river and the slate rock store heat and release it at night, so ripening runs well into October. Spring frost is a risk on the valley floor, while the slopes themselves are generally safer.
TOPOGRAPHY · terraced
Very steep slopes, reaching about 68 degrees at the Bremmer Calmont, between Pünderich and Koblenz, often laid out as narrow terraces with dry-stone walls. The best sites face south and southwest and drop straight to the river; vineyard work and harvest are largely done by hand.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Mittelmosel
Mosel
100% similar
- Terrassenmosel and Mittelmosel share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Bacharach & Oberwesel
Mittelrhein
96% similar
- Body (slightly): Terrassenmosel gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (5 vs. 4).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 195 →Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein
Winningen
Renown 72/100
Weingut Clemens Busch
Pünderich
Renown 64/100
Springiersbacher Hof
Ediger-Eller
Renown 34/100
Weingut Kloster Ebernach
Cochem
Renown 33/100
Weingut Leo Fuchs
Pommern
Renown 29/100
Weingut Zenzen
Pommern
Renown 28/100
Weingut Löhr
Alken
Renown 28/100
Weingut Weckbecker
Moselkern
Renown 28/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary