Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Auslese ***
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich duck liver pâté, and moderately spicy Sichuan or Thai cuisine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Auslese *** represents the pinnacle of Mosel craftsmanship. Molitor took over his family winery in 1984 at just twenty years old with a singular mission: to return Mosel Riesling to its historic golden age when these wines commanded higher prices than first-growth Bordeaux. The Wehlener Klosterberg vineyard, which surrounds the estate, features steep slopes of stony, iron-rich Devonian slate. The three-star (***) designation signifies Molitor's most rigorous vineyard selection, capturing highly concentrated grapes often touched by noble rot. Vinified using traditional methods, including spontaneous fermentation in large wooden casks and extended lees contact, this 100% Riesling is a masterclass in tension, balancing opulent tropical fruit, honeyed botrytis, and wild herbal notes with a laser-like, slate-driven acidity that keeps the massive concentration remarkably light on its feet.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling