Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 2* Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses like Roquefort or Stilton, rich foie gras or duck pâté, and moderately spicy Asian dishes such as Thai red curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Ürziger Würzgarten, or 'spice garden of Ürzig,' this Riesling benefits from one of the Mosel's most unique terroirs. Unlike the region's typical blue slate, this vineyard features iron-rich, red volcanic sandstone and slate soils, which impart a famously exotic, wild-berry, and herbal-spice character to the grapes. Master winemaker Markus Molitor utilizes extremely meticulous hand-harvesting, selecting only the finest botrytized berries. The two-star (2*) designation and Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) signify an Auslese of extraordinary concentration, richness, and noble sweetness. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts and aged in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, this wine beautifully balances opulent tropical fruit sweetness with a vibrant, electric spine of Mosel acidity and deep mineral complexity.
🍾 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.