Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling BA 1*
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, fruit-based desserts like peach galette or apple tarte tatin, and rich savory dishes like foie gras or artisanal pâté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, who took over his family estate in 1984 with a mission to restore Mosel Riesling to its historical glory, this Beerenauslese 1* is a monument to patience and terroir. The Zeltinger Himmelreich vineyard, meaning 'Kingdom of Heaven,' features steep slopes of finely weathered Devonian blue slate that impart a distinct, salty minerality to the wine. This sweet nectar is made from 100% Riesling grapes, meticulously selected berry by berry for their concentration of noble rot (botrytis). Fermented slowly with indigenous yeasts, the '1 Star' designation indicates a highly refined selection of exceptional richness. The resulting wine is a masterclass in balance, where luscious honeyed sweetness is perfectly countered by a spine of electric acidity and deep slate minerality.
🍾 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.