Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wolfer Goldgrube, or 'golden grave,' is a legendary, amphitheater-like steep site in the Mosel, characterized by weathered grey Devonian slate. Weingut Vollenweider's Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of this vineyard's expression. Crafted from meticulously selected, botrytis-affected grapes harvested by hand from ancient, ungrafted vines, this wine undergoes a slow, natural fermentation. The 'Goldkapsel' (gold capsule) designation indicates a reserve bottling of extraordinary richness, sweetness, and vibrant acidity, balancing intense tropical fruit and honeyed notes with a profound, salty minerality that reflects the extreme terroir of the Mosel.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1999 by Swiss native Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is based in Traben-Trarbach in Germany's celebrated Mosel valley. Without family land or inherited infrastructure, Vollenweider dedicated himself to reviving neglected, century-old ungrafted vines clinging to the dramatic, slate-rich amphitheater of the Wolfer Goldgrube. Through meticulous, hands-on cultivation of these extreme steep slopes and traditional, low-intervention cellar work, the estate became a beacon of pure Mosel expression. Today, Weingut Vollenweider is internationally revered for its crystalline, mineral-laden Rieslings, particularly its legendary, highly collectible Auslese and Goldkapsel dessert wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
7-8.5%