Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling BA Nr.7
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, seared duck foie gras with spiced quince compote, lemon tartelette with fresh apricot glaze
✨ Technical Specifications
Wolfer Goldgrube forms a steep, south-facing amphitheater of crumbly Devonian blue and grey slate that acts as a natural heat trap, perfectly suited for the gradual onset of Botrytis cinerea. Sourced from century-old, ungrafted Riesling vines trained on single wooden posts, this rare Beerenauslese relies on meticulous individual berry selection. Fermentation occurs spontaneously via ambient yeasts, typically arrested naturally to retain high levels of unfermented grape sugars. Maturation proceeds slowly on the fine lees in neutral vessels, yielding a dessert wine marked by concentrated nectar and laser-sharp mineral tension.
🍾 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
7.5% - 8.5%