Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Sichuan or Thai cuisine, roasted pork belly with apple compote, and washed-rind cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor’s Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in Mosel tension, born from one of the region's most dramatic grand cru vineyards. The name 'Treppchen' translates to 'little staircase,' referencing the stone steps carved directly into the dizzyingly steep, red-slate cliffs by 19th-century growers to make the treacherous slopes accessible. Markus Molitor, known for his uncompromising dedication to quality and artisanal methods, coaxes extraordinary depth from these ancient, ungrafted vines. Fermented naturally with ambient yeasts in traditional large oak 'Fuder' casks, this 100% Riesling beautifully captures the unique iron-rich red slate terroir, yielding a wine that balances intense, exotic stone fruit flavors with a striking, fiery minerality and the signature electric acidity of the Mosel valley.
🍾 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.