Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich savory dishes like pan-seared foie gras, and fruit-based desserts like apple tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor is a titan of the Mosel, famous for his obsessive vineyard selection and preservation of traditional steep-slope viticulture. The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (meaning 'sundial of Zeltingen') is a legendary grand cru vineyard characterized by its sheer, south-facing slopes of weathered blue Devonian slate. This terroir imparts an unmistakable smoky minerality and electric acidity to the Riesling grapes. The 'Goldkapsel' (Gold Capsule) denotes a wine of superior selection, where noble rot (botrytis) has concentrated the sugars, acids, and flavors to an extraordinary degree. Molitor's Auslese Goldkapsel is crafted with meticulous hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation, resulting in a white wine of breathtaking complexity, balancing rich, honeyed sweetness with a laser-like mineral precision. This wine represents the pinnacle of Mosel's sweet wine heritage, carrying a legacy of craftsmanship that dates back centuries.
🍾 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.