Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett Green Capsule
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 20 years from the vintage release, as its vibrant acidity and structural balance allow it to develop beautiful tertiary complexity over decades.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, roasted pork with apple compote, and fresh crab or lobster with citrus-infused butter sauces.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.