Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 30 years from the vintage release, as its intense acidity and residual sugar allow it to develop profound complexity over decades.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Sichuan or Thai cuisine, roasted pork belly with fruit compote, and aged blue cheeses.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Markus Molitor's Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in the dramatic terroir of the Middle Mosel. The Domprobst vineyard, named after the cathedral provost of Trier who historically collected tithes here, is renowned for its steep, weathered blue slate soils rich in clay. This unique geology retains moisture and imparts a profound, smoky minerality to the 100% Riesling grapes. Molitor, famous for his meticulous hand-selection and commitment to traditional craftsmanship, ferments this wine using ambient yeasts in large, neutral oak 'Fuder' casks. The resulting Spätlese beautifully balances rich, late-harvest stone fruit flavors with a razor-sharp, electric acidity that is characteristic of the estate's uncompromising style.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.