Felsenfest Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout, roasted pork loin, spicy Thai curries
✨ Technical Specifications
Weingut Vollenweider's 'Felsenfest' Riesling is a liquid testament to the dramatic, gravity-defying slate slopes of the Mosel Valley. The name 'Felsenfest'—meaning 'rock-solid'—captures both the literal stony foundations of the vineyards and the unwavering commitment required to cultivate them. Sourced from steep, slate-rich parcels around Traben-Trarbach, this dry Riesling is crafted with the same meticulous care as Vollenweider's grandest site-specific bottlings. The vines dig deep into the weathered Devonian slate, yielding a wine that balances vibrant, crystalline acidity with a profound, salty minerality. Fermented with wild yeasts and raised with minimal intervention, it reflects the pure, untamed spirit of the Mosel's historic terraces, carrying forward the legacy of the late Daniel Vollenweider under the precise stewardship of Moritz Hoffmann.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1999 by Swiss native Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is based in Traben-Trarbach in Germany's celebrated Mosel valley. Without family land or inherited infrastructure, Vollenweider dedicated himself to reviving neglected, century-old ungrafted vines clinging to the dramatic, slate-rich amphitheater of the Wolfer Goldgrube. Through meticulous, hands-on cultivation of these extreme steep slopes and traditional, low-intervention cellar work, the estate became a beacon of pure Mosel expression. Today, Weingut Vollenweider is internationally revered for its crystalline, mineral-laden Rieslings, particularly its legendary, highly collectible Auslese and Goldkapsel dessert wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
11.5%