Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout with brown butter and lemon, smoked trout rillettes, roast pork loin with braised cabbage.
✨ Technical Specifications
Wolfer Goldgrube Trocken showcases an amphitheater of weathered Devonian blue and grey slate perched steeply over the riverbank. Sourced from ancient, ungrafted vines maintained with meticulous organic care, the fruit is harvested entirely by hand across dangerous gradients. Spontaneous fermentation relies exclusively on ambient yeasts, taking place in traditional neutral oak casks (Fuder) and stainless steel tanks. Prolonged lees contact prior to bottling yields a dry expression distinguished by crystalline tension, phenolic grip, and deep, pulverized-slate minerality without wood interference.
🍾 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
11.5% - 12.5%