{"title":"Vollenweider","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"wolfer-goldgrube-riesling-auslese-2006-75-5-cl","title":"Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Auslese 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This represents a late botrytis selection for parcels where we would normally harvest Kabinett,” says Vollenweider by way of introducing his 2006 Wolfer Goldgrube Auslese (A.P. #13), “but I couldn’t add it to the Portz or Reiler bottlings because that’s not where it comes from, and not to the gold capsule Auslese because it didn’t have the class.” A dusty, smoky cast to the nose spells “botrytis,” and in the mouth this is imposingly creamy, fat, and honeyed. Dried peaches and hits of white raisin well up in a satisfying if not notably elegant finish. There is no point to holding this, but it can give plenty of immediate pleasure, and beyond that is interesting as a reflection of its vintage. “We started picking immediately after the October 3rd rain, and then under high pressure,” relates Daniel Vollenweider. Already then, there was little to be harvested below Auslese, not surprising considering the general trends this vintage and the fact that Vollenweider, as a friend to botryits in normal times, never sprays to keep it at bay. But in a departure from the norm, one cask had reached ten grams of residual sugar by the end of last summer and Vollenweider decided he might as well taste what a truly dry Wolfer Goldgrube Spatlese would be like! (I have not connected with the bottled wine.) A second major vineyard reclamation project in the Schimbock – a once-renowed riverside parcel within today’s Trabener Wurzgarten – is where Vollenweider intends to specialize in dry Riesling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy David Schildknecht October 2008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vollenweider","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810209644924,"sku":"4114061B-FLASKE","price":80.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810209677692,"sku":"4114061B-KASSE6","price":479.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/image-2024-12-28T135606.739.png?v=1755442417"},{"product_id":"wolfer-goldgrube-riesling-spatlese-2006-75-cl","title":"Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spätlese 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeach, musk melon, persimmon, and honey inform the 2006 Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatlese (A.P. #2) a wine with a doughy, creamy mouth-feel and sense of substantially and richness more appropriate to an Auslese, yet light and wafting. The sweet, soothing, yet somehow refreshing vanilla cream and peach character with a hint of offsetting bitter peach kernel in the finish reminds me of 1975. This should evolve nicely for at least 15 years. 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Quince preserves, poached pear, brown spices, and candied lemon saturate the palate, with remarkable clarity of fruit and delicacy even as the wine impresses with its sheer opulence and its creamy texture. After the heady intensity of the palate, this finishes almost mysteriously, but very much in keeping with the delicacy and refinement of the whole, displaying subtle notes of truffle, brown spices, baking bread, and essences of pear, quince, and caramelized apricot. There is a wealth of material here that will keep you occupied for hours, and I would suggest putting this near the top of ones list if shopping for ageworthy and potentially iconic nobly sweet 2005s. 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