Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling BA Nr.8
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
creamy blue cheese, apple tarte tatin, rich duck liver pâté
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The Wolfer Goldgrube, or 'golden grave,' is a legendary steep-slope vineyard in the Mosel, named for the golden hue of its weathered Devonian slate and the backbreaking labor required to work it. Weingut Vollenweider's Beerenauslese Nr. 8 represents the pinnacle of this terroir's sweet wine expression. Crafted from painstakingly hand-selected, botrytis-affected berries harvested from ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines, this rare elixir undergoes a slow, natural fermentation. The result is a wine of breathtaking contrast—opulent, honeyed sweetness juxtaposed against a laser-like beam of slate-driven acidity. It stands as a profound tribute to the late Daniel Vollenweider's vision of restoring forgotten, historic vineyards to their rightful glory.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 2000 by the late Swiss winemaker Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is located in Traben-Trarbach in the Mosel region of Germany. The estate is renowned for reclaiming and preserving historic, extremely steep vineyards, most notably the Wolfer Goldgrube, which features ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines. Operating with a philosophy of meticulous manual labor, low yields, and minimal intervention in the cellar, the winery crafts highly precise, mineral-driven white wines, particularly their legendary, tension-filled Riesling Auslese expressions.