Gottesfuss Alte Reben Riesling Grosse Lage
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, spicy Thai crab cakes
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary 'Foot of God' (Gottesfuss) vineyard in Wiltingen, this wine is a monument to the Saar's steep-slope viticulture. The vineyard is renowned for its sheer precipitousness and its striking, iron-rich red Devonian slate soils. Here, ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines—some exceeding a century in age—burrow deep into the fractured rock, yielding miniscule quantities of highly concentrated fruit. Van Volxem treats this precious harvest with utmost reverence, employing spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak fuder casks. The resulting wine is a masterclass in tension, marrying the intense, smoky minerality of the red slate with a rich, textured palate and the vibrant, electric acidity characteristic of the cool Saar valley.
🍾 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%