Trarbacher Schlossberg Pinot Noir 2*
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Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage release, with the structure to cellar for up to 20 years in top vintages.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted duck breast, classic beef bourguignon, or wild mushroom risotto.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.