Haus Klosterberg Pinot Noir Rose
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Typically best enjoyed fresh, within 1 to 3 years of the vintage release, to fully appreciate its vibrant fruit and crisp acidity.
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Pairs beautifully with grilled poultry, fresh summer salads with goat cheese, or light seafood dishes such as seared salmon.
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Markus Molitor's Haus Klosterberg Pinot Noir Rosé is a brilliant testament to the Mosel's capability of producing world-class expressions of red grapes, far beyond its legendary Rieslings. Named after the estate's historic headquarters, Haus Klosterberg, which sits amidst the steep, slate-strewn slopes of the Mosel valley, this wine is crafted entirely from Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder). The Molitor family has tended these dramatic vineyards for eight generations, maintaining a philosophy of meticulous hand-harvesting and minimal intervention. The cool climate and unique Devonian slate soils impart a vibrant, mineral-driven backbone to the wine. After a gentle pressing and brief skin contact to extract its delicate salmon-pink hue, the juice is fermented cool to preserve its lively aromatics, resulting in a rosé of remarkable tension, showing notes of wild strawberry, red currant, and a signature wet-stone minerality that reflects its dramatic river-valley origin.
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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.