Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese 3* Green Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes such as Thai curry, roasted duck with fruit-based glazes, and aged semi-hard cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor, a visionary of the Mosel region, is celebrated for resurrecting the historic prestige of steep-slope Riesling. His unique capsule color-coding system is legendary: white capsules denote dry wines, gold indicates sweet, and the green capsule signifies an off-dry (feinherb) style. The Bernkasteler Badstube vineyard, composed of weathered devonian slate, yields grapes with intense minerality and bright acidity. The three-star (***) designation represents Molitor's highest tier of selection, harvested by hand with meticulous care. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this Auslese Green Capsule is a masterclass in balance, weaving together rich stone fruit, exotic spice, and a vibrant, slate-driven tension that reflects centuries of Mosel winemaking heritage.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded upon an eighth-generation family viticultural heritage, Weingut Markus Molitor was transformed in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor took over the estate at Haus Klosterberg with the dedicated mission of restoring Mosel Riesling to its historic world-class stature. Situated in Bernkastel-Kues in Germany's legendary Mosel region, the winery meticulously cultivates precipitous slate vineyards across renowned grand cru sites such as Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Erdener Treppchen. Molitor practices low yields, ultra-selective late hand-harvesting, and gentle spontaneous fermentation in ancient, deep vaulted cellars with minimal intervention. The estate is globally celebrated for its site-expressive Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dry, off-dry, and botrytized sweet styles—as well as remarkably complex, structured Pinot Noir.