Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes such as Thai green curry, roasted pork belly with a sweet-and-sour glaze, or classic German onion tart (Zwiebelkuchen).
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in Mosel's steep-slope viticulture. Located in the historic village of Kinheim, the Rosenberg vineyard features weathered Devonian slate soils and a favorable south-southwest exposure. Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 with a vision to revive the golden era of Mosel Riesling, employs extremely meticulous hand-harvesting, often in multiple passes, and spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts. This Spätlese showcases the classic tension between ripe, stone-fruit sweetness and a laser-like slate minerality. Molitor's signature color-coded capsules denote the style (white for dry, green for off-dry, gold for sweet), but regardless of the specific bottling, the wine represents the pure, uncompromised expression of its terroir.
🍾 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.