Riesling Spatlese
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Typically best enjoyed 5–25 years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can easily cellar for 30 years or more.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed roast pork belly, blue cheese.
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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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 2000 by the late Swiss winemaker Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is located in Traben-Trarbach in the Mosel region of Germany. The estate is renowned for reclaiming and preserving historic, extremely steep vineyards, most notably the Wolfer Goldgrube, which features ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines. Operating with a philosophy of meticulous manual labor, low yields, and minimal intervention in the cellar, the winery crafts highly precise, mineral-driven white wines, particularly their legendary, tension-filled Riesling Auslese expressions.