Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese ***
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40 years from the vintage release, though top vintages can easily cellar for half a century.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Crisp roasted Peking duck, artisanal blue cheeses like Stilton or Roquefort, and classic caramelized apple tarte Tatin.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Markus Molitor's Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese *** represents the absolute pinnacle of Mosel craftsmanship. Taking over his family estate in 1984 at just 20 years old, Molitor set out to restore the region's historic golden era of winemaking through meticulous vineyard management and natural cellar practices. The Kinheimer Rosenberg vineyard, with its precipitously steep slopes of weathered slate, provides the ideal terroir for Riesling, imparting a distinctive mineral tension. The three-star (***) designation is Molitor's ultimate quality tier, representing an uncompromising, berry-by-berry selection of highly concentrated, often botrytis-affected grapes. Fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this white wine balances opulent notes of candied citrus, honeyed stone fruits, and exotic spices with a laser-like, vibrating acidity that defines the Mosel's finest terroirs.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.