Goldberg Riesling Grosse Lage Nr13
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted pork belly, pan-seared scallops, spicy Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wawerner Goldberg, or 'Gold Mountain,' is one of the Saar's most historic and prized grand cru vineyards, famed for its unique south-facing amphitheater and iron-rich red slate soils. Van Volxem's Goldberg Riesling Grosse Lage captures the majestic essence of this terroir. Unlike the cooler blue slate common to the region, the ferruginous red slate of the Goldberg imparts a warmer, more exotic character to the wine, yielding intense aromas of yellow peach, apricot, and wild spices, balanced by a vibrant, saline minerality. Crafted using traditional methods, including spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aging in large, neutral oak fuder casks, this wine pays homage to the late 19th-century golden era when Saar Rieslings were among the most expensive and sought-after luxury goods in the world.
🍾 About the Producer
Perched dramatically above the Saar River in Wiltingen, Weingut Van Volxem is one of Germany's most heralded historic wine estates. Originating as a Roman villa complex with viticulture traced back to the 3rd century, the property operated as a Jesuit monastery winery established in 1743 before being acquired post-secularization by Brussels brewer Gustav van Volxem. In late 1999, Roman Niewodniczanski acquired the estate and orchestrated an ambitious renaissance, revitalizing storied steep-slope vineyards and inaugurating a state-of-the-art gravity-fed winery atop the Wiltinger Schlossberg. Managing approximately 85 hectares on Devonian slate across top-tier VDP.Grosse Lage sites—such as Scharzhofberger, Wiltinger Gottesfuß, Volz, and Ockfener Bockstein—the estate works predominantly with old, ungrafted Riesling vines. Practicing sustainable, non-interventional viticulture, cellar master Dominik Völk champions spontaneous wild-yeast fermentations and extended aging in neutral oak and stainless steel. Van Volxem produces intensely mineral, low-alcohol, dry-leaning Rieslings and refined sparkling Sekts that revive the aristocratic, turn-of-the-century prestige of traditional Saar wines.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%