Wiltinger Gottesfuss Riesling Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, pan-seared scallops, spicy Thai green curry
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wiltinger Gottesfuss (meaning 'God's Foot') is one of the Saar's most legendary and vertigo-inducing steep slopes, characterized by its striking red Devonian slate soils and south-facing exposure. Van Volxem's 'Alte Reben' bottling from this grand cru site is sourced from extremely old, often ungrafted Riesling vines, some exceeding 120 years of age. These ancient, deep-rooted vines yield tiny, highly concentrated berries. In the cellar, Roman Niewodniczanski champions traditional minimalist winemaking, utilizing spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in large, neutral oak fuder casks. The resulting wine is a masterclass in Saar tension: intensely aromatic, showing wild herbs, smoky flint, and ripe stone fruit, balanced by a rich, texturally complex palate and a vibrant, saline minerality that speaks directly of its red slate origins.
🍾 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%