Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese Padauer
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed Peking duck, aged blue cheeses like Roquefort
✨ Technical Specifications
Devonian blue and grey slate slopes define the Wolfer Goldgrube, where the historic 'Padauer' parcel yields this traditional Spätlese from steep, ungrafted, old-vine Riesling. Cultivated under certified organic viticulture, manual hand-harvesting selects pristine, botrytis-free to lightly noble fruit late in the season. Vinification relies strictly on native yeast fermentation in neutral wooden Mosel Fuder casks alongside stainless steel, capturing the delicate tension between concentrated natural residual sugars and crystalline slate-derived minerals.
🍾 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%