Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling BA Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras or duck liver pate, and fruit-based desserts like peach galette or apple tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Beerenauslese Goldkapsel is a monumental expression of one of the Mosel's most dramatic and legendary vineyards. The Urziger Wurzgarten, or 'spice garden of Urzig,' is famous for its steep, amphitheater-like slopes and its unique red volcanic soil mixed with slate, a geological anomaly in a region dominated by blue slate. This terroir imparts a signature exotic, fiery spice and intense minerality to the Riesling grapes. Under the meticulous hand of Markus Molitor, who is renowned for his uncompromising quality and late harvesting, only the finest botrytis-affected berries are painstakingly selected by hand for this Beerenauslese. The Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) signifies an extraordinary level of concentration and richness, far exceeding standard Pradikat requirements. Fermented slowly with native yeasts, this noble sweet wine beautifully balances luscious sweetness with the Mosel's trademark electric acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded upon an eighth-generation family viticultural heritage, Weingut Markus Molitor was transformed in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor took over the estate at Haus Klosterberg with the dedicated mission of restoring Mosel Riesling to its historic world-class stature. Situated in Bernkastel-Kues in Germany's legendary Mosel region, the winery meticulously cultivates precipitous slate vineyards across renowned grand cru sites such as Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Erdener Treppchen. Molitor practices low yields, ultra-selective late hand-harvesting, and gentle spontaneous fermentation in ancient, deep vaulted cellars with minimal intervention. The estate is globally celebrated for its site-expressive Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dry, off-dry, and botrytized sweet styles—as well as remarkably complex, structured Pinot Noir.