Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese
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Typically best enjoyed 10–30 years from vintage release, as its vibrant acidity and sweetness harmonize into complex petrol, honey, and dried fruit notes.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, blue cheese
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 2000 by the late Swiss winemaker Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider is located in Traben-Trarbach in the Mosel region of Germany. The estate is renowned for reclaiming and preserving historic, extremely steep vineyards, most notably the Wolfer Goldgrube, which features ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines. Operating with a philosophy of meticulous manual labor, low yields, and minimal intervention in the cellar, the winery crafts highly precise, mineral-driven white wines, particularly their legendary, tension-filled Riesling Auslese expressions.