Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett (White Capsule)
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Freshly shucked oysters, pan-seared river trout with lemon-butter, and classic Wiener Schnitzel.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor took over his family's estate in 1984 with a singular vision to restore Mosel Riesling to its historic greatness. The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Sundial of Zeltingen) vineyard is a legendary, precipitously steep site composed of finely weathered Devonian blue slate. Named after the sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm, this vineyard benefits from exceptional heat retention and intense sun exposure. Molitor's 'White Capsule' denotes a dry style, a masterful interpretation of the Kabinett classification. Fermented slowly with native yeasts in traditional large oak fuder casks, this 100% Riesling showcases a brilliant tension between vibrant, laser-like acidity and deep, smoky slate minerality, representing the epitome of Mosel precision and elegance.
🍾 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.