Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich foie gras, and spicy glazed pork belly or Asian fusion dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary Markus Molitor, this exquisite white wine hails from the iconic Wehlener Sonnenuhr (Sundial of Wehlen) vineyard in the Mosel valley. The vineyard is named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Pr%um to guide vineyard workers. This steep, south-facing slope of weathered blue Devonian slate produces 100% Riesling of unparalleled tension and minerality. The 'Goldkapsel' (Gold Capsule) designation signifies a selection of exceptionally ripe grapes, often touched by noble rot, yielding a Spatlese of profound concentration, sweetness, and complexity. Molitor's traditional winemaking relies on ambient yeasts and slow fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks, preserving the pristine, stony character of the terroir alongside luscious notes of stone fruit, wild honey, and petrol.
🍾 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.