Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 3*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses like Roquefort, rich foie gras or savory pates, and caramelized fruit tarts such as Tarte Tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese 3* represents the pinnacle of Mosel craftsmanship, sourced from one of the region's most legendary vineyards. The 'spice garden' of Urzig is famous for its striking red volcanic and clay-rich slate soils, a geological anomaly in a region dominated by blue slate. This unique terroir imparts an unmistakable exoticism, characterized by vibrant notes of tropical fruit, wild strawberry, and fiery spice. Molitor's three-star designation indicates the absolute finest selection of botrytised grapes, harvested by hand through painstaking multiple passes. Fermented slowly with native yeasts, this wine marries intense concentration with the Mosel's signature electric acidity, creating a legendary nectar that balances opulent sweetness with crystalline purity.
🍾 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.