Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 1* Gold Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses like Roquefort or Stilton, classic fruit-based desserts such as apple strudel or peach tart, and moderately spicy glazed pork belly or aromatic Asian dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 1* Gold Capsule is a breathtaking testament to the dramatic, steep slopes of the Mosel. The Urziger Wurzgarten, or 'spice garden of Urzig,' is renowned for its striking red volcanic and clay-slate soils, a geological anomaly in a region dominated by blue slate. This unique terroir imparts an exotic, highly spiced, and tropical character to the Riesling grapes. Markus Molitor, legendary for his uncompromising pursuit of perfection, employs extremely late harvesting and meticulous hand-selection. The 'Gold Capsule' denotes a noble sweet style, while the single star (*) signifies a refined selection of botrytis-affected grapes. Fermented with ambient yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this wine beautifully balances opulent sweetness with a vibrant, electric acidity and a deep, smoky minerality.
🍾 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.