Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 3* Weisskapsel
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed from 10 to 35 years from the vintage, showing incredible evolutionary potential.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops with citrus-butter sauce, roasted duck or goose, and aged alpine cheeses like Comté.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Markus Molitor, often referred to as the 'Riesling Wizard,' is legendary for his uncompromising pursuit of quality in the Mosel valley. The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Sundial) vineyard, named after the historic sundial erected in 1620, features extremely steep, south-facing slopes composed of finely weathered blue Devonian slate. This Auslese 3-Star (***) Weisskapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of Molitor's dry-styled Rieslings. In Molitor’s unique color-coded capsule system, the white capsule ('Weisskapsel') denotes a dry taste profile, a remarkable feat for an Auslese-level harvest. The grapes are meticulously hand-selected, often undergoing multiple passes through the vineyard to capture perfectly ripe berries. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in traditional large oak fuder casks, this wine marries the opulent, concentrated stone fruit and smoky complexity of slate with a laser-like, dry, mineral-driven structure.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.