Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drikkevindue
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed roast pork belly, blue cheese.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Weingut Vollenweider's Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in the delicate balance of sweetness and electric acidity that defines the Middle Mosel. Sourced primarily from the dramatic, precipitously steep slopes of the Wolfer Goldgrube—a vineyard historically prized for its weathered grey slate soils and ancient, ungrafted vines—this wine captures the essence of a bygone era. The late Daniel Vollenweider fell in love with this forgotten terroir and dedicated his life to restoring it. The grapes are harvested late in the season by hand, often in multiple passes to select only the most perfect, sun-ripened berries. In the cellar, minimal intervention is the rule: gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and slow maturation in neutral vessels. The result is a Spätlese of extraordinary tension, offering a complex aromatic tapestry of stone fruits, white blossoms, and a profound, smoky slate minerality that keeps the residual sweetness perfectly poised and never heavy.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Weingut Vollenweider blev grundlagt i 1999 af schweiziske Daniel Vollenweider og har til huse i Traben-Trarbach i Tysklands berømte Mosel-dal. Helt uden arvet familiemark eller eksisterende faciliteter viede Vollenweider sit liv til at genrejse forsømte, over 100 år gamle udestokkede vinstokke, som klynger sig til det dramatiske, skiferrige amfiteater på Wolfer Goldgrube. Gennem et kompromisløst håndarbejde på disse ekstreme stejlskråninger og et traditionelt kældearbejde med minimal intervention har vinhuset etableret sig som et pejlemærke for det reneste Mosel-udtryk. I dag nyder Weingut Vollenweider international anerkendelse for sine krystalklare og mineralske Rieslinger – i særdeleshed de legendariske og stærkt eftertragtede Auslese- og Goldkapsel-dessertvine.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling