Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2030 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, classic tarte tatin with crème fraîche, foie gras with caramelized orchard fruit.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the dramatically steep, south-facing amphitheater of the Wolfer Goldgrube, un-grafted centenarian Riesling vines plunge their root systems into weathered Devonian blue and grey slate. This Trockenbeerenauslese represents the pinnacle of botrytized dessert winemaking, culled berry by shriveled berry in late autumn under precise conditions of noble rot. In the cellar, microscopic yields are pressed gently to liberate exceptionally dense, golden must. Spontaneous native yeast fermentation takes place slowly in neutral wood or small stainless vessels, allowing residual sugar and electrifying acidity to knit together over prolonged, cool maturation without cosmetic manipulation.
🍾 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
5.5-7%