Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 2* Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses, artisanal fruit tarts, and savory foie gras or rich pâtés.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 at the age of twenty, has become a legendary figure in the Mosel, dedicated to crafting Rieslings of uncompromising quality and historic longevity. The Zeltinger Schlossberg vineyard is a spectacular, precipitously steep site dominated by weathered Devonian blue slate, which imparts a distinctive, smoky minerality to the grapes. This two-star Goldkapsel Auslese is a masterpiece of selection, crafted from meticulously hand-harvested, botrytis-affected grapes. Fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts in large, neutral oak Fuder casks, the wine beautifully balances luscious, honeyed sweetness with a vibrant, electric acidity. It represents the pinnacle of the traditional Mosel style, where rich concentration meets weightless elegance.
🍾 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.