Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 2*
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich patés or foie gras, and spicy Asian dishes such as Thai red curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Nestled in the dramatic, amphitheater-like slopes of the Mosel Valley, the Urziger Wurzgarten vineyard is legendary for its striking red volcanic soils and clay-slate, a unique terroir known as Rotliegend. This geological anomaly imparts a distinct, exotic spiciness to the Riesling grapes, earning the vineyard its name, which translates to the 'Spice Garden of Urzig.' Markus Molitor, a master of precision and Mosel tradition, crafts this Auslese 2* (Two Stars) through an incredibly meticulous hand-selection of highly ripe, partially botrytized grapes. Fermented spontaneously with ambient yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, the wine beautifully captures the tension between opulent tropical fruit, vibrant slate-driven acidity, and the signature herbal-spice complexity of its historic site.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling