Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Eiswein
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Artisanal blue cheeses such as Roquefort, classic fruit tarts like Tarte Tatin, or served chilled on its own as an extraordinary digestif.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor’s Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Eiswein represents the pinnacle of extreme, weather-defying winemaking in the Mosel valley. The legendary 'Wehlener Sonnenuhr' (Sundial of Wehlen) vineyard, famous for its dizzyingly steep slopes of weathered blue Devonian slate, was named after the sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm. To produce this rare Eiswein, grapes are left on the vine into the freezing depths of winter, harvested by hand only when temperatures drop to at least -7 degrees Celsius. Pressing the frozen grapes yields an incredibly concentrated, golden nectar where the water remains frozen as ice, leaving behind a juice of intense sweetness balanced by electric, laser-like acidity. Molitor's meticulous selection and minimal-intervention philosophy in the cellar result in an Eiswein of profound purity, showcasing crystalline minerality, exotic stone fruits, and an ethereal longevity.
🍾 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