Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 3* Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2070
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Sautéed foie gras, mature blue cheeses such as Roquefort, and classic fruit tarts like Tarte Tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor’s Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 3* Goldkapsel is a monumental expression of the Mosel's steep, slate-laden slopes. The Graacher Himmelreich vineyard, translating to 'Kingdom of Heaven,' sits adjacent to the famous Wehlener Sonnenuhr, benefiting from deep Devonian slate soils that yield wines of profound minerality and vibrant acidity. Molitor, renowned for his uncompromising pursuit of perfection, employs a unique three-star rating system to denote the highest tiers of richness and complexity, while the gold capsule signifies a sweet style. Crafted from painstakingly hand-selected, botrytized grapes, this wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation in traditional neutral oak 'Fuder' casks. The result is a breathtakingly complex nectar that marries luscious honeyed sweetness, exotic stone fruits, and wild herbs with a laser-like mineral precision that prevents it from ever feeling heavy.
🍾 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.