Saarburger Rausch Riesling Auslese 3* white Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly with crackling, classic roasted goose, or mature alpine cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Saarburger Rausch Riesling Auslese 3* White Capsule is a monument to the steep, slate-strewn slopes of the Saar valley. The Rausch vineyard, legendary for its sheer steepness and weathered Devonian slate soils, yields Riesling of fierce minerality and laser-like acidity. In Molitor's meticulous classification system, the three-star (***) designation represents the absolute pinnacle of grape selection, while the White Capsule signifies a bone-dry style. Spontaneously fermented with native yeasts and aged slowly in traditional large oak casks, this dry Auslese marries the historical grandeur of the Saar with an uncompromising pursuit of precision, resulting in a wine of immense power, crystalline purity, and deep geological expression.
🍾 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.