Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese Goldkapsel Nr7
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roast duck with spiced plum reduction, blue-veined cheeses like Roquefort, or spicy Sichuan pork belly.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on precipitous Devonian blue and grey slate terraces in the natural amphitheater of the Wolfer Goldgrube, this auction-grade Goldkapsel Spätlese is harvested from ungrafted, centenarian vines trained on single stakes. The hand-selected botrytis-touched and golden berries undergo gentle pressing followed by ambient yeast fermentation in traditional neutral wooden Fuder and stainless steel. Arrested naturally to preserve vibrant residual sweetness, the wine rests on its fine lees, achieving a remarkable equilibrium of dense extract, unctuous tropical and stone fruit, and chiseled slate salinity.
🍾 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%