Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted pork belly with a sweet fruit glaze, and rich, washed-rind cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor took over his family's estate in 1984 with an uncompromising commitment to quality, helping to restore the Mosel's historical reputation for world-class Riesling. The Saarburger Rausch vineyard is situated on the steep, wind-swept slopes of the Saar tributary, characterized by weathered, iron-rich Devonian slate soils. This cool microclimate and unique terroir impart a distinctive smoky minerality and a piercing, electric acidity to the Riesling grapes. Molitor's Spatlese is crafted using ambient yeast fermentations and traditional large oak fuder or stainless steel, preserving the delicate balance of late-harvest stone fruit sweetness and crystalline structure that defines this legendary site.
🍾 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.