Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Auslese 3*
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses such as Roquefort, classic foie gras terrine, or fruit-based desserts like a traditional pear tart.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary, uncompromising winemaker Markus Molitor, the Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Auslese 3* represents the absolute zenith of Saar valley viticulture. Hailing from the cool, slate-rich slopes of the Niedermenniger Herrenberg—a historic site in the Konzer Tälchen side-valley of the Mosel—this wine benefits from a unique microclimate that preserves vibrant acidity while allowing grapes to reach peak ripeness. Molitor's three-star designation is reserved exclusively for his most exceptional, meticulously hand-sorted selections, often featuring a high proportion of noble rot. Fermented with wild yeasts in neutral oak Fuder casks, this Riesling is a masterclass in tension, balancing luscious, concentrated stone fruit and honeyed complexity with a laser-like, slate-driven minerality that defines the Saar's historic heritage.
🍾 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.