Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese 3* Green Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine such as Thai green curry, glazed roasted pork belly, or mature washed-rind cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor is a titan of the Mosel, famous for resurrecting the historic prestige of steep-slope viticulture. The Kinheimer Rosenberg vineyard, with its weathered grey slate soils and favorable microclimate along the winding Mosel River, yields Riesling of immense precision and mineral depth. The Green Capsule denotes Molitor's unique off-dry (feinherb) style, balancing rich, ripe fruit with a vibrant spine of acidity. The coveted 3-Star designation represents the absolute pinnacle of selection—only the most pristine, golden, and partially botrytized grapes are harvested by hand. Fermented with wild yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this Auslese is a masterclass in tension, combining the slatey, smoky minerality of Kinheim with an opulent, multi-layered texture that tells the story of Mosel's extreme slate slopes.
🍾 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.