Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wolfer Goldgrube, or 'golden grave,' is a legendary, amphitheater-like steep slope in the Mosel that owes its name to the golden-yellow hue its canopy takes on in autumn, as well as the historic wealth its wines brought to the region. Weingut Vollenweider's expression of this site is a masterclass in tension and slate-driven minerality. Sourced from extremely old, often ungrafted Riesling vines clinging to weathered grey Devonian slate, this Spätlese is crafted with minimal intervention. The late-harvested grapes are gently pressed and fermented with indigenous yeasts, capturing a pristine balance between natural residual sweetness and a piercing, electric acidity that defines the classic Mosel style.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1999 by Swiss native Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is based in Traben-Trarbach in Germany's celebrated Mosel valley. Without family land or inherited infrastructure, Vollenweider dedicated himself to reviving neglected, century-old ungrafted vines clinging to the dramatic, slate-rich amphitheater of the Wolfer Goldgrube. Through meticulous, hands-on cultivation of these extreme steep slopes and traditional, low-intervention cellar work, the estate became a beacon of pure Mosel expression. Today, Weingut Vollenweider is internationally revered for its crystalline, mineral-laden Rieslings, particularly its legendary, highly collectible Auslese and Goldkapsel dessert wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling