Haus Klosterberg Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine, roasted pork dishes, and aged hard cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor’s Haus Klosterberg Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in Mosel tension and purity. Named after the estate's historic winery headquarters in Wehlen, this wine represents Molitor's commitment to reviving the golden era of Mosel wine. Crafted from 100% Riesling grown on steep, sun-drenched slopes of Devonian slate, the grapes are harvested late (Spätlese) and fermented with wild yeasts in large oak casks (Fuder) and stainless steel. Molitor's signature style highlights a vibrant interplay between ripe stone fruits, exotic citrus, and an intense, salty minerality. Depending on the capsule color—white for dry, green for off-dry, or gold for sweet—this wine showcases the incredible versatility of the Mosel terroir under the guidance of a winemaker who famously took over his family estate at just twenty years old.
🍾 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.