Trabener Wurzgarten TBA
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Due to its extraordinary sugar concentration and vibrant acidity, this Trockenbeerenauslese possesses nearly limitless aging potential. While it can be appreciated in its youthful, primary fruit stage, it is typically best enjoyed 15 to 50+ years from the vintage release, during which it develops complex notes of petrol, dried stone fruits, and exotic spices.
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Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, artisanal fruit tarts featuring apricots or peaches, or served chilled on its own as a sublime meditation wine at the end of a meal.
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Hailing from the steep, slate-strewn slopes of the Mosel, the Trabener Wurzgarten Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) by Markus Molitor is a monument to patience and extreme viticulture. Markus Molitor, a visionary who took over his family's estate in 1984, is legendary for his uncompromising selection process, often harvesting berry-by-berry deep into the winter. The Wurzgarten (meaning spice garden) vineyard in Traben is renowned for its iron-rich, weathered grey slate soils, which impart a distinctively spicy, mineral-driven complexity to the Riesling grapes. To produce a TBA, botrytized grapes are painstakingly gathered only when they have shriveled to raisin-like concentration. Fermented slowly with indigenous yeasts in traditional cellar conditions, this rare nectar balances luscious, honeyed sweetness with the Mosel's trademark electric acidity, creating a wine of unparalleled depth, tension, and historical resonance.
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Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.