Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared foie gras with spiced pear compote, Roquefort or Stilton blue cheeses, tarte tatin with creme fraiche.
✨ Technical Specifications
Originating from the amphitheater-shaped Wolfer Goldgrube vineyard, this exceptional Auslese Lange Goldkapsel is crafted from ungrafted, old-vine Riesling rooted directly in Devonian blue and grey slate. Fruit selection is conducted through rigorous multi-pass manual handpicking, targeting individual botrytis-affected golden berries that retain pristine structural acidity. The must undergoes spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts in traditional neutral oak fuders and stainless steel tanks, stopping naturally to leave substantial residual sweetness balanced by intense slate minerality and low finished alcohol.
🍾 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-