Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spatlese Green Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes such as Thai curries, roasted pork belly with crackling, and mature, semi-hard cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor is one of the Mosel's most iconic producers, famous for reviving the region's historic reputation through uncompromising quality and a unique capsule system. The 'Green Capsule' signifies a feinherb (off-dry) style, striking a masterclass balance between natural residual sweetness and vibrant, slate-driven acidity. Sourced from the steep, Devonian slate slopes of the Bernkasteler Badstube, this 100% Riesling benefits from the Middle Mosel's unique microclimate. Molitor employs traditional winemaking techniques, including hand-harvesting, extremely gentle pressing, and spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in large, neutral oak 'fuder' casks. This meticulous approach coaxes out the intense minerality, stone fruit aromatics, and legendary longevity that define classic Mosel Riesling.
🍾 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.