Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese Nr2
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Typically best enjoyed 10–30 years from vintage release, as it develops profound petrol, honeyed, and complex tertiary characters over decades.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai curry, glazed pork belly, blue cheese
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Hailing from the gravity-defying, amphitheater-like slopes of the Wolfer Goldgrube, this Riesling Spätlese Nr. 2 is a testament to the late Daniel Vollenweider's devotion to reclaiming the Mosel's forgotten, steep-slope treasures. The 'Goldgrube' (gold mine) vineyard is renowned for its weathered grey slate soils and ancient, ungrafted vines that dig deep into the bedrock. The 'Nr. 2' bottling represents a specific, highly curated selection of fruit, capturing a sublime tension between luscious natural residual sweetness and a piercing, mineral-driven acidity. Fermented slowly with native yeasts in neutral oak fuders and stainless steel, this wine embodies the classic Mosel archetype: feather-light on the palate yet intensely aromatic, vibrating with notes of stone fruit, wet slate, and white blossoms.
🍾 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.