NV Assortment Case
⏳ Drinking Window
Depending on the specific bottles included, these premium Mosel Rieslings are highly collectible and typically reach their peak between 5 to 25 years from their vintage release, with sweet and noble sweet selections easily aging for several decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted pork belly, and pan-seared scallops.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Markus Molitor Assortment Case represents a masterclass in the diverse, steep-slope terroirs of Germany's Mosel region. Markus Molitor took over his family's estate in 1984 at just 20 years old, driven by an uncompromising ambition to return Mosel Riesling to its golden age of age-worthy, terroir-driven excellence. This curated collection typically showcases a range of exceptional single-vineyard white wines, primarily Riesling, harvested from legendary, near-vertical slate sites such as the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr and Wehlener Sonnenuhr. Molitor's signature philosophy relies on extremely late, meticulous hand-harvesting, spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts, and patient aging in traditional large oak 'Fuder' casks. The wines are famously color-coded by capsule: white for bone-dry, green for off-dry, and gold for sweet, offering an unparalleled sensory journey through the mineral-rich, tension-filled, and aromatic spectrum of the Mosel.
🍾 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.