Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater fish, roasted pork loin with herbs, or mildly spiced Thai and Vietnamese dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor's Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese trocken is a masterclass in Mosel terroir and precision winemaking. Hailing from the legendary, dizzyingly steep Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Sundial) vineyard, named after the historic sundial erected in the vineyard to guide workers, this wine is grown on fractured blue Devonian slate soils. Molitor, famously known for his uncompromising standards, harvests these 100% Riesling grapes extremely late, selecting only pristine, fully ripe berries. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional large oak casks (Fuder) and kept on the fine lees, this dry (trocken) expression—indicated by Molitor's signature white capsule—balances intense, stony minerality with rich, textured stone fruit notes and a vibrant, laser-like 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.