Wiltinger Gottesfuss Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, spicy Thai curry, pan-seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wiltinger Gottesfuss, translating to 'God's Foot,' is one of the Saar's most legendary and steep grand cru vineyards. Characterized by its dramatic, south-facing amphitheater slope and iron-rich red Devonian slate soils, this site benefits from an exceptional microclimate. Van Volxem crafts this Riesling from ancient, often ungrafted vines that yield tiny, highly concentrated berries. The wine is fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional, large neutral oak fuder casks. This artisanal approach preserves the vineyard's distinct signature: a powerful, mineral-driven profile that seamlessly marries rich, textured stone fruit notes with the Saar's trademark vibrant, saline acidity and a long, spicy 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%