Kinheimer Rosenberg Auslese 3*** GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic foie gras terrine, Roquefort or other pungent blue cheeses, and caramelized fruit tarts such as tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Kinheimer Rosenberg Auslese 3*** Goldkapsel represents the zenith of Mosel Riesling craftsmanship. Molitor, who took over his family estate in 1984 at the age of 20, has dedicated his life to restoring the Mosel region to its historic late-19th-century glory, when its wines commanded higher prices than first-growth Bordeaux. The Kinheimer Rosenberg vineyard, characterized by steep, south-southwest-facing slopes of finely weathered blue slate, provides the perfect microclimate for slow ripening and noble rot. The 'Three Stars' designation is Molitor's highest internal quality tier, reserved for lots of extraordinary concentration and complexity, while the Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) denotes a premium, botrytis-affected sweet style. Hand-harvested through meticulous selection, the grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and extended lees aging in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, resulting in a wine of breathtaking tension, exotic fruit concentration, and crystalline minerality.
🍾 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.