Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2070
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Artisanal blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich foie gras or savory duck liver pâté, and classic fruit-based desserts like apricot tarts or pear tarte Tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Markus Molitor’s Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of Mosel noble sweet winemaking. Hailing from the dizzyingly steep, blue Devonian slate slopes of the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr—named after the historic sundial erected in the vineyard in 1842—this wine is crafted from 100% Riesling. Molitor’s obsessive attention to detail is legendary; berries affected by Botrytis cinerea (noble rot) are meticulously hand-selected berry by berry, often requiring multiple passes through the vineyard. The Goldkapsel (Gold Capsule) designates an auction-grade, exceptionally rich, and complex sweet style. Fermented slowly with native yeasts, the resulting elixir balances an astonishing, honeyed concentration of dried stone fruits, exotic spices, and saffron with the Mosel's signature, electric, slate-driven 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling