Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2** White Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops with lemon-herb butter, roasted pork belly with crackling, and aged Comté or Gruyère cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2** White Capsule represents the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling craftsmanship. The legendary Juffer-Sonnenuhr vineyard, or 'virgin's sundial,' rises steeply above the Mosel River on pure, weathered Devonian slate soils. Local folklore attributes the 'Juffer' name to the three daughters of an 18th-century chamberlain who remained unmarried, dedicating their lives to these exquisite vines instead. Molitor's 'White Capsule' denotes a dry style, while the two-star (2**) designation signifies an exceptional selection of highly ripe, hand-harvested grapes. Fermented slowly with native yeasts in large, neutral oak casks, this wine showcases a breathtaking tension between intense slate minerality, ripe stone fruit, and a laser-like acidity that defines the unique terroir of Brauneberg.
🍾 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.