Krover Steffensberg Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheeses, seared duck liver with spiced quince compote, tarte Tatin with crème fraîche
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the steep, south-facing incline of the Kröver Steffensberg, this cuvée captures the warmth and depth typical of this grey and red-slate-influenced amphitheater. The Goldkapsel designation indicates a rigorous selection of botrytis-affected clusters picked at high natural concentration. Following gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled vessels and neutral traditional oak casks (Fuder), resting on fine lees to integrate its unctuous sweetness with vibrant structural 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
7-8.5%