Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese curries, fresh sushi and sashimi, or classic German roasted pork dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Nestled in the dramatic, steep bends of the Mosel River, the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard is world-renowned for its pure blue Devonian slate soils and its iconic historical sundial, erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm. Markus Molitor crafts this 100% Riesling Kabinett to showcase the site's intense minerality and cooling elegance. Fermented naturally, often in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this wine captures the tension between vibrant, electric acidity and delicate, slate-driven stone fruit flavors. Molitor's Kabinett represents a masterclass in Mosel balance, marrying historical heritage with uncompromising modern craftsmanship. Depending on the capsule color—white for dry, green for off-dry, or gold for sweet—it offers a precise snapshot of this legendary terroir.
🍾 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.