Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett Green Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, roasted pork with apple compote, and fresh crab or lobster with citrus-infused butter sauces.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the iconic Markus Molitor, this Riesling hails from the legendary Urziger Wurzgarten, or 'spice garden' of the Mosel. Unlike the blue slate dominating most of the region, the Wurzgarten is famous for its striking red volcanic soil and weathered clay-slate, which infuses the wine with an unmistakable exotic, spicy, and wild strawberry character. In Molitor's meticulous classification system, the green capsule denotes a 'feinherb' or off-dry style. This Kabinett showcases the estate's signature precision, balancing a feather-light body and vibrant acidity with a delicate touch of natural residual sweetness, resulting in a wine of immense tension, minerality, and elegance.
🍾 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.