Krover Steffensberg Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, roast duck with plum sauce, aged blue cheeses like Roquefort.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the historic Kröver Steffensberg cru, this traditional Prädikat expression showcases old ungrafted Riesling vines rooted in weathered red and grey Devonian slate soils. Spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on fine lees in neutral traditional Mosel fuder casks and stainless steel, the wine retains natural residual sweetness balanced by intense slate mineral 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
7.5% - 8.5%