Goldberg Riesling Grosse Lage
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, spicy Asian cuisine, seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wawerner Goldberg, or 'Golden Hill,' is one of the Saar's most historic and unique vineyards, prized since the 19th century when Prussian tax maps rated it among the region's finest terroirs. Unlike the blue slate dominant in much of the Mosel, the Goldberg is characterized by iron-rich red slate, quartz, and fertile loam. This distinct soil composition, combined with a warm south-facing microclimate, yields a Riesling of extraordinary texture and exotic complexity. Van Volxem crafts this Grosse Lage wine using traditional, low-intervention methods, including spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in large, neutral oak fuder casks. The resulting wine is a masterclass in balance, marrying the Saar's signature electric acidity with a rich, mineral-drenched palate of yellow stone fruits and wild herbs.
🍾 About the Producer
With viticultural roots reaching back to Roman antiquity and an 18th-century Jesuit monastery, Weingut Van Volxem is a historic estate situated in Wiltingen along the steep slopes of the Saar in Germany's Mosel region. The estate experienced a dramatic renaissance when Roman Niewodniczanski acquired it in 1999, dedicating the estate to restoring the Saar's historic reputation for world-class, dry-style wines crafted with artisanal precision. Working with venerable old vines across premier Grand Cru terroirs—including iconic sites like Scharzhofberger, Wiltinger Gottesfuss, and Kanzemer Altenberg—the winery practices low yields, hand-harvesting, and spontaneous fermentation in traditional wooden casks. Van Volxem is celebrated internationally for its powerful, mineral-etched Riesling Grosses Gewächs, old-vine cuvées, and expressive traditional method sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12% - 12.5