Zeltinger Sonnenuhr TBA 3*** GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts, or savored on its own as a profound meditation wine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the gravity-defying, blue Devonian slate slopes of the Middle Mosel, the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Trockenbeerenauslese 3*** Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of Markus Molitor's obsessive craftsmanship. This rare elixir is crafted from 100% Riesling grapes painstakingly selected berry-by-berry, entirely shriveled by noble rot (botrytis cinerea). The vineyard itself is named after the historic sundial erected in 1620 by Abbot Jodocus Bodemann to guide the workers' day. Molitor's unique three-star rating denotes the highest level of concentration and complexity, while the Goldkapsel signifies a sweet, botrytis-driven masterpiece of monumental proportions. Fermented slowly with wild yeasts, it balances staggering residual sugar with a piercing, electric acidity that ensures it remains vibrant for generations.
🍾 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% Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)