Erdener Treppchen Auslese 3*** GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich duck liver pâté or foie gras, and traditional caramelized fruit tarts like Tarte Tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the dizzyingly steep slopes of the Middle Mosel, Markus Molitor's Erdener Treppchen Auslese 3*** Goldkapsel is a monument to extreme viticulture. The vineyard's name, meaning 'little staircase of Erden,' refers to the stone steps carved directly into the sheer red slate cliffs centuries ago to allow workers access to the vines. This wine is crafted from 100% Riesling grapes, painstakingly selected berry-by-berry to capture the perfect expression of noble rot (botrytis). Markus Molitor's three-star designation represents the absolute pinnacle of his selection process, while the Gold Capsule (Goldkapsel) denotes a luscious, noble sweet style. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional, large neutral oak Fuder casks, this wine beautifully balances opulent, honeyed tropical fruit and botrytis spice with the electric, vibrating acidity and intense smoky minerality characteristic of the Erdener red slate terroir.
🍾 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.