Trarbacher Schlossberg Pinot Noir 2*
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, classic beef bourguignon, or wild mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor, the legendary winemaker of the Mosel, has been a driving force in resurrecting the historical prestige of German Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir). The Trarbacher Schlossberg vineyard is characterized by steep, south-to-southwest-facing slopes rich in weathered Devonian slate and iron-bearing clay. This unique terroir provides the cool-climate vines with essential warmth and drainage, yielding a Pinot Noir of remarkable mineral tension and structural elegance. The '2*' (Two Stars) designation represents Molitor's meticulous barrel selection, highlighting exceptional complexity and finesse. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in French oak barriques, the wine offers a beautiful tapestry of wild red berries, smoky slate minerals, and refined forest floor notes.
🍾 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.