Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2* (White Capsule)
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops with butter sauce, roasted pork belly, or classic French veal blanquette.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the perilously steep, blue Devonian slate slopes of the Mosel, the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard—named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm—yields some of the world's most mineral-intense Rieslings. Under the masterful guidance of Markus Molitor, this Auslese 2-Star represents an extraordinary intersection of late-harvest richness and dry precision. Molitor's unique color-coded capsule system designates this white-capsule bottling as a dry-styled wine. Crafted from meticulously hand-selected, healthy grapes, the wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in traditional, large neutral oak Fuder casks. The result is a monumental dry Riesling that marries the opulent, sun-drenched stone fruit character of the Sonnenuhr with a laser-like, slate-driven acidity and deep structural complexity.
🍾 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.