Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 3* White Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Crisp roasted pork belly, pan-seared sea bass with a lemon-butter sauce, or aged hard cheeses like Comte cheese like like Comte.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Three-Star White Capsule represents the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling, sourced from the iconic, precipitously steep Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (sundial) vineyard. Named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Pruem to guide vineyard workers, this grand cru site is famed for its ancient, ungrafted vines digging deep into weathered blue Devonian slate. Molitor's rigorous selection process is legendary; the three-star designation represents the absolute finest parcel selection of perfectly ripe, golden berries. Uniquely, the White Capsule denotes a bone-dry style, a rarity for an Auslese of this concentration. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this wine marries intense, laser-like slate minerality with rich, multi-layered stone fruit complexity and a vibrant, everlasting acidity.
🍾 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.