Weingut Willi Schaefer in Graach is one of the Mosel’s most beloved boutique benchmarks, and the 2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Magnum (1.5L) Auction Wine (Versteigerungswein)—offered exclusively at the VDP Grosser Ring Auction—represents the pinnacle of Christoph and Andrea Schaefer’s craft.

In the glass, this Riesling shines a luminous golden yellow. The bouquet is intensely perfumed and multidimensional: ripe vineyard peach, glazed apricot, and exotic passionfruit meld with acacia honey, orange blossom, delicate botrytis spice, and fine Devonian blue-slate minerality.

On the palate, the 2021 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese Goldkapsel unites luscious, botrytis-kissed sweetness with the razor-sharp, crystalline acidity of the 2021 Mosel vintage. Silky and generous yet dancingly light on its feet, pure stone fruit and saline mineral tension carry through into a breathtakingly long, focused finish.

In the rare 1.5-litre Auction Magnum format, this jewel from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr is a collector’s rarity built for decades of sublime cellar evolution.