Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese 2* White Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared duck breast with a spiced plum reduction, classic roasted pork belly with crackling, or aged alpine cheeses such as Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Nestled in the heart of the Middle Mosel, the steep, southwest-facing slopes of the Graacher Domprobst vineyard are renowned for their deep, water-retaining blue Devonian slate soils. It is here that visionary winemaker Markus Molitor crafts this extraordinary dry Riesling. Uniquely, Molitor utilizes a color-coded capsule system to guide drinkers through his stylistic spectrum: the white capsule denotes a bone-dry style, an intriguing contrast to the 'Auslese' classification which historically implies sweetness. The two-star (2*) designation signifies an exceptional level of meticulous berry selection. Fermented naturally with wild yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks and aged extensively on its fine lees, this wine captures the essence of its historic terroir. It weaves a rich narrative of intense, smoky slate minerality, vibrant citrus, and structured tension, embodying the uncompromising, artisanal spirit of the Mosel's steep-slope viticulture.
🍾 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.