Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese (White Capsule)
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout with lemon-herb butter, roasted pork belly with crackling, or traditional German onion tart (Zwiebelkuchen).
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor took over his family's estate in 1984 with a vision to return Mosel Riesling to its golden age of age-worthy, terroir-driven wines. This bottling hails from the steep, iron-rich blue Devonian slate slopes of the legendary Graacher Domprobst vineyard, a site historically owned by the cathedral provost of Trier. Molitor's unique color-coded capsule system uses the White Capsule to signify a bone-dry style, even when harvested at Spätlese-level ripeness. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional large oak fuder casks, this 100% Riesling showcases the intense, smoky minerality, structural power, and vibrant herbal complexity characteristic of the Domprobst terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded upon an eighth-generation family viticultural heritage, Weingut Markus Molitor was transformed in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor took over the estate at Haus Klosterberg with the dedicated mission of restoring Mosel Riesling to its historic world-class stature. Situated in Bernkastel-Kues in Germany's legendary Mosel region, the winery meticulously cultivates precipitous slate vineyards across renowned grand cru sites such as Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Erdener Treppchen. Molitor practices low yields, ultra-selective late hand-harvesting, and gentle spontaneous fermentation in ancient, deep vaulted cellars with minimal intervention. The estate is globally celebrated for its site-expressive Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dry, off-dry, and botrytized sweet styles—as well as remarkably complex, structured Pinot Noir.