Brauneberger Klostergarten Spatburgunder 2*
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast with a cherry reduction, classic beef bourguignon, or wild mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor, a visionary of the Mosel valley, has played a pivotal role in proving that this cool-climate region, famous for Riesling, can produce world-class Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder). The Brauneberger Klostergarten, historically a monastery garden vineyard, sits on steep slopes rich in Devonian slate. This unique terroir imparts a distinctive smoky minerality and vibrant acidity to the wine. Molitor's 'two-star' (2*) designation signifies an exceptional selection of highly concentrated grapes. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in open wooden vats and aged in French oak barriques, resulting in a Spätburgunder of remarkable elegance, silky tannins, and complex red fruit aromas interwoven with herbal and earthy undertones.
🍾 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.