Graacher Domprobst Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras, and elegant apricot or peach tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Graacher Domprobst Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the absolute pinnacle of Mosel sweet winemaking. Hailing from the steep, slate-rich slopes of the Graacher Domprobst vineyard—historically named after the cathedral provost of Trier who once collected its tithes—this wine is born from extreme dedication. The terroir is defined by deep Devonian slate soils that retain moisture and impart a profound, fiery minerality. To produce a TBA, Molitor's pickers painstakingly harvest individual, shriveled grapes affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) berry by berry. Fermented slowly in traditional cellars, this rare nectar balances luscious, honeyed sweetness with the electric, vibrating acidity characteristic of the finest Mosel Rieslings.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling