Wehlener Klosterberg Auslese 3* Green Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, slow-roasted glazed pork belly, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, slate-strewn slopes of the Wehlener Klosterberg vineyard, this exceptional Riesling represents the pinnacle of Markus Molitor's artisanal craftsmanship. The '3-Star' designation is reserved exclusively for the estate's most prestigious, meticulously selected parcels, showcasing extraordinary concentration and complexity. Uniquely defined by its 'Green Capsule,' this wine is crafted in Molitor's celebrated feinherb (off-dry) style, achieving a harmonious tension between natural residual sweetness and vibrant, electric acidity. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional, neutral oak Fuder casks, the wine beautifully mirrors its terroir. It delivers a profound sensory journey marked by smoky Devonian slate minerality, ripe stone fruits, and delicate herbal undertones, reflecting centuries of Mosel winemaking heritage.
🍾 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.