Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2* (White Capsule)
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic roasted pork belly, seared sea scallops, or mature, nutty alpine cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Markus Molitor, who took over his family's estate in 1984 at the age of 20, this wine is a masterclass in Mosel precision. The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Sundial) vineyard is legendary, named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm to guide vineyard workers. Its incredibly steep slopes of fine, weathered blue Devonian slate yield Riesling of profound minerality and structure. While 'Auslese' traditionally suggests sweetness, Molitor's signature 'White Capsule' denotes a dry style. The two-star (2*) designation represents an exceptional selection of highly ripe, partially botrytized grapes. Fermented with wild yeasts and aged on the lees, this dry Auslese combines rich, concentrated stone fruit flavors with a laser-like, slate-driven acidity and a long, smoky finish.
🍾 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.