Wehlener Klosterberg Pinot Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared white fish with lemon-herb butter, roasted poultry such as chicken or pheasant, and creamy chanterelle mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Wehlener Klosterberg Pinot Blanc represents a masterclass in cool-climate, slate-driven Pinot Blanc (Weisser Burgunder). Situated on the steep, stony Devonian slate slopes of the Mosel, the Klosterberg vineyard surrounds the historic Molitor estate. While the Mosel is world-famous for Riesling, Molitor has championed Pinot Blanc here, utilizing old vines and traditional methods. The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in large, neutral oak Fuder casks, followed by extended lees contact. This artisanal approach yields a wine of incredible mineral tension, vibrant acidity, and a creamy, textured mid-palate, showcasing a unique, crystalline expression of the grape that departs from more opulent styles found elsewhere.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded upon an eighth-generation family viticultural heritage, Weingut Markus Molitor was transformed in 1984 when twenty-year-old Markus Molitor took over the estate at Haus Klosterberg with the dedicated mission of restoring Mosel Riesling to its historic world-class stature. Situated in Bernkastel-Kues in Germany's legendary Mosel region, the winery meticulously cultivates precipitous slate vineyards across renowned grand cru sites such as Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Erdener Treppchen. Molitor practices low yields, ultra-selective late hand-harvesting, and gentle spontaneous fermentation in ancient, deep vaulted cellars with minimal intervention. The estate is globally celebrated for its site-expressive Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dry, off-dry, and botrytized sweet styles—as well as remarkably complex, structured Pinot Noir.