Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 3* Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras or artisanal pâtés, and traditional fruit-based desserts like apple tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, this legendary Riesling hails from the dizzyingly steep, blue Devonian slate slopes of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr (the 'Sundial of Wehlen'). The vineyard's name pays homage to the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide vineyard workers. Molitor's three-star (3*) designation represents the absolute pinnacle of his meticulous hand-selection, while the Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) signifies a noble, botrytis-affected sweet style. Fermented slowly with native yeasts in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, this 100% Riesling captures a breathtaking tension between opulent, honeyed stone fruit, wild herbs, and a piercing, slate-driven minerality that defines the Mosel's finest terroirs.
🍾 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.