Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses like Roquefort, classic fruit-based desserts such as apple strudel or peach tart, and aromatic, moderately spicy Asian dishes like Thai green curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Nestled in the dramatic, slate-strewn bends of the Middle Mosel, the Wehlener Sonnenuhr (Sundial of Wehlen) is one of the world's most legendary vineyards. Named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide vineyard workers, this precipitously steep, south-facing slope of weathered blue Devonian slate yields Riesling of extraordinary mineral intensity. Under the uncompromising stewardship of Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984, this terroir is elevated to its absolute zenith. Molitor's Auslese is crafted through painstaking, multi-pass hand selection of extremely ripe and botrytized berries. Fermented naturally with ambient yeasts in large, traditional oak casks, the wine showcases the estate's signature precision. Depending on the capsule color—white for dry, green for off-dry, and gold for sweet—this Auslese balances a vibrant, laser-like acidity with opulent stone fruit, wild herbs, and a profound, smoky slate minerality that defines the Mosel's historic winemaking heritage.
🍾 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