Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese 2** White Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, classic Peking duck, or mature hard cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese 2** White Capsule is a masterclass in dry Mosel Riesling. Hailing from the steep, amphitheater-like slopes of the Ockfener Bockstein in the Saar side-valley, this wine benefits from Devonian slate soils and a cool microclimate that preserves razor-sharp acidity. The Bockstein vineyard has been celebrated for centuries, once supplying wines to European nobility. Markus Molitor utilizes a unique capsule color-coding system, where the white capsule denotes a dry style. The 'two stars' represent a rigorous selection of highly concentrated, partially botrytized grapes, harvested late in the season. Fermented with wild yeasts in large, neutral oak casks (Fuder), this wine combines the opulent richness and concentration of an Auslese with a bone-dry, mineral-driven finish, showcasing smoky slate notes, ripe stone fruits, and a tension-filled structure.
🍾 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.