Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese 3* White Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared veal chops with wild mushrooms, roasted duck breast, or mature hard cheeses like aged Comte.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese 3* White Capsule represents the absolute pinnacle of dry Saar Riesling. In Molitor's unique coding system, the white capsule signifies a bone-dry style, while the three stars denote the ultimate selection of highly ripe, meticulously hand-sorted grapes from the steep, amphitheater-like slopes of the legendary Ockfener Bockstein. This historic vineyard, situated along a side valley of the Saar, features gravelly Devonian slate soils that impart a fierce, smoky minerality and structural tension. Molitor, who took over his family estate in 1984 with the vision of restoring the Mosel's historic prestige, employs spontaneous fermentation in large, neutral oak casks (Fuder) and extended lees contact. The result is a monumental, dry Riesling that marries rich, exotic fruit extracts with a laser-like acidity and profound, saline minerality.
🍾 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.