VV 1900 Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted pheasant, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Van Volxem's '1900' Riesling pays homage to the golden era of the Saar at the turn of the 20th century, a time when the region's wines, including its prestigious sparkling Sekts, commanded prices higher than the finest Bordeaux first growths at international auctions. Crafted in the traditional method, this exceptional cuvée begins with estate-grown Riesling grapes from historic steep-slope Saar vineyards. The base wine is fermented spontaneously using indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak fuder casks, imparting a rich, textured foundation. Following secondary bottle fermentation, the wine undergoes an extraordinarily long maturation on its fine lees—often lasting up to five to ten years—before disgorgement. This patient process yields a sparkling wine of majestic complexity, seamlessly marrying the vibrant, mineral-driven acidity of the Saar with deep, brioche-like autolytic notes and a creamy, refined mousse.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%