Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Eiswein
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, fruit-based tarts and crumbles, or served on its own as a meditative dessert.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary Markus Molitor, this rare Eiswein is a testament to the extreme viticulture of the Mosel. The Bernkasteler Badstube vineyard, named after the historic medieval bathhouses of Bernkastel, features steep slopes of weathered Devonian slate that impart a profound minerality to the Riesling grapes. To produce Eiswein, grapes must freeze naturally on the vine and be harvested in the freezing darkness of early winter mornings, typically at temperatures of minus seven degrees Celsius or colder. Pressed while still frozen, only the highly concentrated, sugary nectar is extracted, leaving the water behind as ice. Molitor's meticulous selection and minimal-intervention winemaking yield an extraordinary elixir where luscious, honeyed sweetness is perfectly balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling