Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Nr.8
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the gravity-defying, amphitheater-like slopes of the Wolfer Goldgrube, this Lange Goldkapsel Nr.8 represents the absolute pinnacle of Weingut Vollenweider's sweet winemaking. The vineyard itself is a treasure trove of ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines anchored in weathered grey Devonian slate. This specific bottling, designated by its cask number, is crafted only in exceptional years from meticulously hand-selected grapes heavily affected by noble rot. The winemaking philosophy remains fiercely traditional, relying on gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, and aging in neutral vessels. The resulting wine is a masterclass in contrast: intensely concentrated, honeyed sweetness balanced by a soaring, electric spine of slate-driven acidity, creating a legendary Mosel nectar of immense depth and complexity.
🍾 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%