Goldgrube Aurum
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheeses, seared duck foie gras with caramelized orchard fruit, tarte tatin with creme fraiche.
✨ Technical Specifications
Wolfer Goldgrube forms a steep, south-facing amphitheater of soft, weathered Devonian blue and grey slate. Sourced from ancient, ungrafted vines, this rare cuvée represents an extreme selection of botrytis-affected fruit. Fermentation occurs spontaneously via indigenous yeasts in neutral vessels, capturing concentrated sweetness balanced against the Mosel's searing mineral drive. Extended contact on the fine lees imparts textural depth, culminating in an unctuous yet chiseled elixir defined by purity and crystalline slate tension.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2000 by the late Swiss visionary Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider played a pivotal role in revitalizing the forgotten, precipitously steep slopes of the Middle Mosel. Vollenweider began with just over one hectare in the historic Wolfer Goldgrube, salvaging centenarian, ungrafted Riesling vines trained in the traditional Mosel single-pole system. Following Vollenweider's passing in 2022, partner Moritz Hoffmann assumed leadership, maintaining heroic viticultural standards and securing certified organic status. Terroir here is dominated by weathered Devonian blue and grey slate forming a natural south-facing amphitheater overlooking the Mosel River. In the cellar, non-interventionist philosophies prevail: hand-harvested fruit undergoes spontaneous native-yeast fermentation in neutral oak casks and stainless steel, followed by extended lees aging. The estate's benchmark bottlings—such as the Wolfer Goldgrube Trocken, parcel selections like Unterste Jonpfad, and crystalline Prädikat expressions—are celebrated for their taut structural tension, electrifying natural acidity, deep mid-palate density, and profound slate salinity.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
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