Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed Peking duck, and ripe washed-rind cheeses like Munster.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on precipitous south-facing slopes composed of weathered Devonian blue and grey slate, the Wolfer Goldgrube vineyard delivers dramatic solar concentration balanced by refreshing river breezes. This traditional Spätlese is crafted exclusively from late-harvested, hand-picked Riesling grapes grown on ancient, often ungrafted vines. Fermentation occurs spontaneously using indigenous yeasts in neutral oak fuders and stainless steel tanks, preserving the delicate balance between luscious residual sugar, electric minerality, and vibrant natural acidity.
🍾 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%