Wehlener Sonnenuhr TBA 2** GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich savory starters like artisanal foie gras terrine, and high-quality fruit-based desserts such as apricot tart or peach tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Wehlener Sonnenuhr Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) 2-Star Gold Capsule is a monument to the extreme viticulture of the Middle Mosel. Crafted from 100% Riesling grown on the dizzyingly steep, blue Devonian slate slopes of the legendary Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard—named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm—this wine represents the pinnacle of noble rot selection. Molitor's team harvests berry-by-berry, selecting only those shriveled by Botrytis cinerea. The Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) denotes its luscious, sweet style, while the two-star rating signifies an extraordinary level of concentration and refinement. Fermented slowly with native yeasts, this nectar balances intense, honeyed tropical fruit and botrytis spice with the electric, laser-like acidity characteristic of the Mosel's unique 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)