Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Essenz
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 15–50 years from vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
blue cheese, fruit tarts, foie gras
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The Wolfer Goldgrube, or 'golden grave,' is a legendary, amphitheater-shaped vineyard in the Mosel, named for both the golden hue of its autumn foliage and the glittering pyrite found in its steep slate soils. Weingut Vollenweider's 'Essenz' represents the absolute zenith of this site's potential. Crafted only in exceptional vintages from painstakingly hand-selected, botrytized grapes harvested from ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines, this rare nectar undergoes an incredibly slow, natural fermentation. The resulting wine is a masterclass in tension, balancing luscious, honeyed sweetness with the piercing, electric acidity and deep mineral drive characteristic of the Mosel's finest steep-slope terroirs.
🍾 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.