Saarburger Rausch Auslese 3*** Gold Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras or artisanal pâtés, and fruit-based desserts like apple tarte tatin or pear galette.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Saarburger Rausch Auslese 3*** Gold Capsule is a monument to the steep-slope viticulture of the Saar valley, a sub-region of the Mosel famous for its cool microclimate and dramatic topography. Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 at the age of twenty with a vision to restore the Mosel's historical glory, crafts this wine from 100% Riesling grown on the iron-rich, weathered Devonian slate of the Saarburger Rausch vineyard. The 'three-star' designation represents Molitor's ultimate selection of highly botrytised, pristine berries, while the Gold Capsule indicates a luscious, sweet style. Fermented slowly with native yeasts in traditional oak Fuder casks, this wine captures the tension between decadent sweetness and the electric, laser-like acidity characteristic of the Saar, wrapped in a deeply complex smoky 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.