VollenweiderRiesling Wolfer Goldgrube Spätlese 2025 (750ml)

The Spätlese is from different parcels within the Wolfer Goldgrube. In warmer years, it draws more from the western sections, while in cooler years the fruit comes predominantly from the southern slopes. This flexible selection allows for an ideal balance of full ripeness and vibrant freshness. In every vintage, he wine is made from ungrafted vines, lending it depth, complexity, and a finely layered structure that reflects both site and vintage with precision and freshness.

There are few who are as gifted as Daniel was with Prädikat wines. Sure, there are people – Egon Müller, J.J. Prüm, Willi Schaefer, Julian Haart – who can make Kabinett as well as Daniel did; each has their unique style. No one, however, can make a Kabinett better than Daniel could. That is as close to a fact as one can get in this subjective business.

Moritz and Vinzent know this, and so they are changing very little here, though I would say that while the wines have lost none of their energy, their bounce, they have gained a sharper, less forgiving edge to them. Sometimes, as the acid-mineral-recoil of the Prädikat wine hits, I ask myself: “Can acidity have tannin?” These are almost shocking wines.