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Maximin Herrenberg, 1896, Riesling, Alte Reben, Trocken, 2025
Riper and more expressive than the Laurentiuslay, revealing peach, apricot and exotic fruits alongside floral notes and red-slate spice. There is impressive density here, balanced by freshness and precision. The wines of Herrenberg are typically more herbal and structured than those from the blue-slate sites. The Trocken comes from ungrafted vines planted in 1896 in the central section of the vineyard. The village of Longuich is situated on red slate soils in the direction of Trier.
critic reviews
The 2025 Riesling Longuicher Maximin Herrenberg 1896 Alte Reben is from vines planted in that same year, in red slate. This was made from super-ripe fruit and offers flintiness on the nose with just a little tangerine peel. Superb stony juiciness defines the clear-cut, intense palate, creating such clarity with supple yet contoured ripeness. This is the golden cut. (Dry)
The 2025 Riesling 1896 is Loewen's throwback wine, made as it would have been in 1896, when the vines were planted: no mechanization, pressing in a basket press and fermentation in Fuder. Lovely flintiness mingles with a touch of golden and red apple on the nose. Crushed yarrow adds savor. Apple and yarrow on the palate frame plum juiciness and are further delineated by exquisite tangerine peel and pith, with proper mouthfeel and wonderful contour. Striking a very natural, bone-dry balance, this just reverberates with freshness and energy. (Bone-dry)