Wiltinger Gottesfuss Riesling Alte Reben GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, seared scallops, spicy Thai curry
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wiltinger Gottesfuss—literally 'the Foot of God'—is one of the Saar's most legendary and precipitously steep grand cru vineyards. Characterized by its striking red slate soils rich in iron, this south-facing wall of vines yields a Riesling of extraordinary depth and wild, spicy minerality. Van Volxem's 'Alte Reben' bottling is sourced from extremely low-yielding, ancient vines, many of which are ungrafted and over a century old. In the cellar, the juice ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in large, neutral oak fuder casks. The resulting Grosses Gewächs is a masterpiece of tension, balancing a rich, textured palate of stone fruits and exotic spices with the Saar's trademark electric acidity and a profound, saline finish.
🍾 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%