Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese Reiler
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, roast duck with plum sauce, aged washed-rind cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the extreme, amphitheater-shaped slopes of the Wolfer Goldgrube, this cuvée draws tension and depth from weathered Devonian blue and grey slate soils. Hand-harvested from mature, often ungrafted Riesling vines trained to traditional single stakes, the fruit undergoes slow, spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts in neutral oak casks and stainless steel vats. Fermentation is arrested naturally or by gentle chilling to preserve the characteristic Spätlese residual sweetness while retaining vibrant, mouthwatering natural acidity and an indelible saline minerality.
🍾 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
7.5-9%