Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese Nr3
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry with prawns, glazed roast pork belly, pungent blue cheeses like Roquefort
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from old, ungrafted vines clinging to the dizzying, south-facing Devonian blue slate amphitheater of Wolfer Goldgrube, this Spätlese captures late-ripening purity and profound mineral drive. The Nr. 3 designation denotes a specific micro-parcel lot characterized by remarkable tension between botrytis-kissed richness and crystalline freshness. Hand-picked fruit undergoes a gentle press and spontaneous native-yeast fermentation in traditional neutral wooden casks (Fuder) alongside stainless steel. Bottled with residual sweetness that is fiercely countered by high natural acidity, the wine develops exceptional complexity over time, expressing white peach, wet slate, and wild herbs.
🍾 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
7-9%