Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Auslese 3* Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal foie gras or savory duck liver pate, and classic fruit-based desserts like caramelized apple tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Auslese 3* Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of the Mosel's sweet wine tradition. Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at the age of twenty, Molitor set out to restore the region's wines to their historic 19th-century glory. This spectacular cuvee is sourced from the steep, iron-rich Devonian slate slopes of the Wehlener Klosterberg, which directly surrounds the historic estate house. The '3-Star' designation signifies Molitor's highest tier of selection, while the golden capsule denotes a traditional, noble sweet style. Crafted from 100% Riesling grapes painstakingly selected berry-by-berry for their perfect botrytis, the wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. The result is a breathtakingly complex elixir where intense slate minerality, vibrant acidity, and luscious, honeyed tropical fruit notes exist in perfect, weightless harmony.
🍾 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.