Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling BA Nr.8
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, seared foie gras with spiced stone fruit compote, apricot tart tatin
✨ Technical Specifications
Devonian blue and grey slate soils within the amphitheater-like Wolfer Goldgrube vineyard provide the structural backbone for this noble dessert cuvée. Hand-selected, noble-rot (botrytis-affected) berries are harvested berry-by-berry from old, ungrafted Riesling vines clinging to steep terraces. Vinification relies on spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in inert stainless steel tanks or neutral traditional oak casks, arresting fermentation naturally to preserve profound residual sugar balanced by blistering natural acidity. Maturation occurs on the fine lees, imparting textural viscosity while retaining purity of slate-driven minerality.
🍾 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% - 8.5%