Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spatlese Feinherb Ed Nr 10
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed from 5 to 20 years after the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can cellar beautifully for 25 years or more.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Southeast Asian cuisine, roasted pork belly with apple sauce, and mature alpine cheeses.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 with a mission to revive the golden era of Mosel Riesling, this wine originates from the steep, slate-rich slopes of the Bernkasteler Badstube. The name 'Badstube' pays homage to the medieval bathhouses that once lined the streams of Bernkastel. This Spätlese Feinherb is traditionally bottled under Molitor's signature green capsule, indicating its harmonious balance of delicate residual sweetness and vibrant, electric acidity. Fermented slowly with wild yeasts in neutral oak fuder casks, the 100% Riesling grapes express the pure, smoky minerality of weathered Devonian slate, resulting in a complex, multi-layered white wine that marries rich stone fruit flavors with a precise, saline finish.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.