Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling TBA 1*
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich duck liver pâté, and artisanal fruit tarts featuring apricot or quince.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) 1-Star is a monument to Mosel winemaking, specifically hailing from the cooler Saar side-valley. The Herrenberg vineyard, famed for its iron-rich Devonian slate soils, yields Riesling of incredible tension and mineral drive. Molitor, a visionary who resurrected his family's estate in 1984, employs an obsessive, berry-by-berry selection process to harvest grapes fully shriveled by botrytis (noble rot). The single-star designation denotes a style of immense concentration combined with elegance. This liquid gold balances luscious sweetness with the Saar's signature electric acidity, resulting in a complex profile of dried apricots, honey, and smoky slate minerality.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded upon an eighth-generation family viticultural heritage, Weingut Markus Molitor was transformed in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor took over the estate at Haus Klosterberg with the dedicated mission of restoring Mosel Riesling to its historic world-class stature. Situated in Bernkastel-Kues in Germany's legendary Mosel region, the winery meticulously cultivates precipitous slate vineyards across renowned grand cru sites such as Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Erdener Treppchen. Molitor practices low yields, ultra-selective late hand-harvesting, and gentle spontaneous fermentation in ancient, deep vaulted cellars with minimal intervention. The estate is globally celebrated for its site-expressive Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dry, off-dry, and botrytized sweet styles—as well as remarkably complex, structured Pinot Noir.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling