Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 2*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses like Roquefort, roasted duck with a fruit glaze, and classic fruit tarts or tarte Tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 at the tender age of 20, has become a legendary figure in the Mosel, famous for his uncompromising pursuit of quality and his preservation of the region's steep-slope viticulture. The Zeltinger Schlossberg vineyard is a spectacular, precipitously steep site characterized by deep, weathered blue Devonian slate soils. Here, the Riesling vines dig deep, yielding wines of immense mineral tension and aromatic complexity. The 'Auslese 2*' designation represents an extraordinary selection of highly ripe, partially botrytized grapes, meticulously harvested by hand in multiple passes. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this white wine beautifully balances rich, concentrated stone fruit sweetness with a vibrant, electric vein of slate-driven acidity, showcasing the timeless artistry of Mosel winemaking.
🍾 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.