Wehlener Klosterberg Beerenauslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Artisanal blue cheeses, classic apricot or peach tarts, and rich foie gras.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 with a mission to restore the Mosel's golden age, this Beerenauslese is a monument to patience and terroir. The Wehlener Klosterberg vineyard, named after the historic monastery of Machern, features steep, south-facing slopes rich in iron-bearing Devonian slate. Here, 100% Riesling grapes are meticulously selected berry-by-berry when affected by noble rot (botrytis). Fermented slowly with native yeasts, the wine captures the crystalline minerality and vibrant acidity of the Mosel, balanced by luscious, honeyed sweetness. It represents a centuries-old tradition of German winemaking where nature, climate, and human dedication converge.
🍾 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.