Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Beerenauslese 1* Gold Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras, or fruit-based desserts like caramelized apple tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, who took over his family estate in 1984 with a mission to restore Mosel Riesling to its historic greatness, this Beerenauslese is a monument to patience and terroir. The grapes hail from the Bernkasteler Lay, a steep vineyard whose name 'Lay' derives from the old Celtic word for slate. Here, roots dig deep into pure blue Devonian slate, imparting a profound mineral tension. Molitor's gold capsule signifies a noble sweet style, while the single star denotes a special selection of exceptional depth. Harvested berry-by-berry under strict botrytis selection, the wine is fermented slowly with wild yeasts, capturing the essence of the Mosel's unique microclimate and centuries-old winemaking heritage. It represents a harmonious marriage of intense concentration, vibrant acidity, and ethereal slate-driven elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor assumed control of his family's winemaking legacy, Weingut Markus Molitor has evolved into an undisputed titan of the Mosel. Based at Haus Klosterberg, Molitor manages over 100 hectares encompassing premier steep-slope crus along both the Middle Mosel and Saar, including Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Ürziger Würzgarten, Erdener Prälat, and Scharzhofberg. Viticulture is strictly manual on precipitous gradients of weathered Devonian blue, red, and grey slate. Molitor pursues an uncompromising philosophy centered on sustainable farming, late selective harvesting, native yeast fermentation, and prolonged aging on fine lees in traditional wooden Fuders carved into subterranean slate cellars. Renowned for its singular capsule coding system—white indicating dry, green denoting feinherb (off-dry), and gold designating noble sweet expressions, often tiered with asterisks—the estate crafts crystalline, hyper-mineral Rieslings of monumental depth and aging potential, alongside site-expressive Pinot Noir and Weissburgunder.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling