Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett (White Capsule)
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine such as Thai curries, pan-seared freshwater fish like trout with lemon-herb butter, and roasted pork loin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett (White Capsule) is a masterclass in Mosel precision. Molitor utilizes a color-coded capsule system where the white capsule denotes a classically dry style. The Urziger Wurzgarten, or 'spice garden of Urzig,' is a legendary vineyard famed for its amphitheater-like steepness and unique red volcanic sandstone and slate soils, known as Rotliegend. This distinct terroir, rich in iron, departs from the typical blue slate of the Mosel, imparting a wild, exotic spice and vibrant red-fruit character to the Riesling. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in traditional, large neutral oak Fuder casks, this wine represents a harmonious marriage of historic Mosel winemaking and Molitor's uncompromising pursuit of perfection.
🍾 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.