2020 Weingut Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ** (White Capsule)
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| Type of Wine | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Region | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12.5%) |
| Drink window | 2028 - 2070 |
| Available as of | Jul 14, 2025 |
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Description
Markus Molitor and the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr vineyard
Weingut Markus Molitor is one of the leading estates on the Mosel, with a strong focus on terroir expression, precision, and aging potential. Zeltinger Sonnenuhr is one of his most important top vineyards, situated on extremely steep slopes of pure, weathered blue slate. The southwest exposure ensures optimal sunlight, while the cool nights contribute to the high aromatic tension of the Riesling grape. This is where Molitor's most refined and structured wines are born.
Vinification and style of the Auslese *** White Capsule
The 2020 Auslese *** (White Capsule) is the result of a meticulous selection of perfectly ripe grapes with slight noble rot, sourced from old, deep-rooted vines. As is customary with Markus Molitor, the harvest is carried out manually, often in multiple harvests per plot. The grapes are pressed using a traditional basket press, and fermentation takes place exclusively with wild yeasts in large wooden barrels. The wine is aged on the fine lees for eight to ten months and is bottled under natural cork, unfiltered.
The "White Capsule" designation indicates a dry Auslese style , despite its impressive concentration. This wine possesses a powerful structure, yet with absolute finesse and pure terroir expression.
Robert Parker's Review – The Wine Advocate
Stephan Reinhardt rated this wine 98+ points in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and called it an impressive wine with great potential. He describes the 2020 Auslese *** as intense, complex, and layered, with aromas of ripe fruit, candied lemon, ginger, and wet slate. On the palate, it is silky, muscular, powerful, yet perfectly balanced. Reinhardt calls this a wine of "great talent" that will truly express itself after at least ten years in the bottle. The wine is long, intense, and exceptionally complex – a true ageing wine. Recommended for 2030–2070 .
Color, smell and taste
In the glass, the wine displays a deep yellow color with brilliance. The bouquet opens with fragrant notes of lemon peel, candied peach, pickled ginger, and salty minerality. The palate is intensely concentrated, with a subtle tension between fruit, power, purity, and slate-like minerality. The structure is simultaneously muscular and refined. The finish is endless and precise, with a characteristic salty, dry profile.
Serving tips and aging potential
This wine deserves a generous decanter and a large Riesling glass to reveal its true character. Serve slightly chilled at around 9 degrees Celsius. Ideal from 2030 onwards, but easily keeps for more than five decades. This Auslese *** is one of those rare Rieslings that perfectly combines power, purity, and aging potential.
Would you like to order Markus Molitor wines online?
FACT: In the "Attachments" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet for this fine wine. We'll automatically send it to you when you order it. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you pick it up, you'll often receive a nice discount . You'll see your discount immediately when you select "Pick up" at checkout. We're located in Dordrecht, just off the A16 motorway, with ample parking. Click here for our address.
Need advice on finding the perfect wine to pair with your dish? Click here for our exclusive Sommelier. Free for Grand Cru customers.
Wine and food pairings with 2020 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ***
Slow-cooked lobster with beurre blanc
The minerality and dry concentration of the wine enhance the sweet-salty character of the lobster.Terrine of foie gras with citrus jelly
The interplay between rich structure and fine acidity provides perfect balance to this classic luxury dish.Ramen with miso, shiitake and sesame oil
The savory umami and texture of this dish complement the tension in the wine beautifully.Grilled sea bass with fennel and orange zest
The wine's fresh acidity cuts effortlessly through the oily fish, accentuating its aromatic character.Risotto with green asparagus and Parmesan
The wine adds liveliness and depth to this creamy and soft dish.Ravioli filled with goat cheese and lemon
The freshness and precision of the wine give elegance to this subtle vegetarian dish.
Specifications
| Available as of | Jul 14, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Moezel |
| Winery | Markus Molitor |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Drinking as of | 2028 |
| Drinking till | 2070 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 99 |
| James Suckling rating | 96 |
| Vinous rating | 96 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatisch, Bloemig, Complex, Droog, Fris, Fruitig, Mineraal, Strak, Wit fruit |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 98+
Reviewed by:
Stephan Reinhardt
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2030 - 2070
Molitor's vividly yellow-colored 2020 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (White Capsule) offers an intense and complex nose of ripe fruits, potted ginger and lemon chutney notes spiced with slate plates. Very fine and elegant on the palate, this is a silky-textured, intense, muscular, very dense and concentrated Riesling Auslese that reveals great talents but should be kept for at least a decade. It has great complexity and balance and is very long and complex. Impressive. 2% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in September 2023.
When Markus Molitor came all the way to Geisenheim to show me the two Saar Rieslings from his Domäne Serrig, I had just finished my tasting of the 2021 and 2022 Rheingau Rieslings with Johannes Leitz. I had asked Molitor to brig me some of his top wines to have a context for his new Saar wines. Although I tasted all the wines a while before and it was still too early to see how they had developed so soon after the bottling, I took the chance to give an update. Although our system will handle the new scores as a kind of new or updated rating, I ask you to handle these notes with caution and see them only in context with my previous notes. Molitor's Rieslings develop very slowly, and new reviews normally do not make much sense except after eight to 10 years later. The only stunning finding I had comparing the Serrig wines with the wines listed here is that the established Markus Molitor Rieslings taste much more reductive and aloof than the upcoming releases of Domäne Serrig even though they are more or less made the same way: handpicked, basket pressed and fermented with natural yeasts in large oak casks for eight to 10 months. The SO2 doses are similar, and yet there is a difference not just of terroir but also of style. While the established 2020 Molitor Rieslings are still sleepers, the Serrig Rieslings are currently singing and of incomparable brightness and finesse.
Published: Sep 21, 2023
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James Suckling
Score
96
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 62
Markus Molitor Riesling Mosel Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ** (White Cap) 2022
Wednesday, Nov 08, 2023
Color
White
Country
Germany
Region
Mosel
Vintage
2022
The deep and delicate nose of mandarin orange and papaya pulls you into this succulent and concentrated dry Mosel riesling that has so many alternating layers of richness and slatey minerality. Only medium-bodied, but with a sensational harmony this really shows what was possible in 2022. Drink or hold.
Stuart Pigott
Senior Editor
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Vinous
96
Drinking Window
2028 - 2050
From: 2021 Mosel and Saar – Tantalizing, Tingling, Thrilling (Jun 2023)
The 2021 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** White Capsule is from old, ungrafted vines and comes with an uncommon creaminess on the nose. This strikes absolute balance with its fine, slightly mouth-coating texture, so dense and so fine. Apricot shimmers amidst a gentle creaminess from small oak. The lemon is the fresh, bright, vivid backdrop to all of this, lending scope and luminosity. Utter poise, total elegance with lasting echoes of lemon and cream. (Dry)
- By Anne Krebiehl MW on April 2023
Any visit to Markus Molitor’s Haus Klosterberg is a tour de force – while the man himself is a force of nature. He tirelessly drives to make the best wines he possibly can, to do utmost justice to his vineyards and to vinify as many parcels separately as possible. “Akribie,” or absolute meticulousness, is his guiding principle. His next favorite word is selection. “Transporting the identity of each site into the glass time after time, vintage by vintage,” is how one of his employees described the ethos of the estate. Add a tireless, obsessive nature and a deep-seated love for this intricate region and its history, and you begin to understand what you are in for. Molitor’s vast estate holdings, now amounting to 120 hectares, include the property of the former Prussian State Domaine in Serrig (Saar) he bought in 2016. He notes how both the pandemic and building supply issues delayed the planned re-opening of this historic renovation project. Then there are new acquisitions: it took lengthy negotiation and persuasion with more than 60 vineyard owners to piece together the numerous parcels of the cooler, well-ventilated vineyards in the upper Zeltinger Schlossberg, many of them fallow for years. Molitor bought these to recultivate, so his supply of grapes for Kabinett wines is ensured in the ever-warming climate. Harvest in these elevated sites is two to three weeks later than in lower-lying vineyards. Molitor also says that he is always “on the lookout” for more sites suitable for Pinot Noir, having been among the first to plant the variety after it was re-permitted in the region in the 1980s and noting that it will be “ever more important” in the region. Wine styles at Molitor are color-coded: white capsules denote dry, green is off-dry, and gold is sweet. Within these categories, wines are tiered into one, two and three stars of each of the Prädikate, harking back to the pre-1971 attributes of “feiner”, “feinste” and “hochfein” – meaning finer, finest and absolutely fine. This old-fashioned but clear-cut distinction was conferred on wines before they went to auction during the last decades of the 19th and the first decades of the 20th centuries—the glory days of Riesling. A three-star Auslese can thus be produced in trocken, feinherb or sweet and so on. Multiply this by countless parcels in numerous sites across Mosel and Saar, several harvest passes for various Prädikate and you understand the number of wines on offer. The star ratings are not down to degrees of Oechsle, i.e. the ripeness of the must at harvest, but to the evolution of each and every single lot of wine in the cellar. Molitor notes that many of the three-star Auslesen are made in tiny quantities of just 300-500 bottles. Three stars guarantee a wine at the very height of its expression. They often are from the oldest vines – but not necessarily. The sweetest Prädikate, BAs and TBAs, in tiny kegs and glass balloons, are still fermenting away in a corner of the smaller tasting room, so they benefit from the warmer temperature that they need at their glacial pace of progress. All dry wines, made strictly without any botrytized grapes, are fermented and matured in 2,000- and 3,000-liter barrels made by Stockinger and some smaller barrels, too. This results in some Rieslings with a distinct touch of oak-derived hazelnut creaminess. Some wines also ferment in amphora, concrete egg and stainless steel. Malolactic fermentation is avoided as much as possible. While Riesling is the mainstay, Pinot Noir is of growing importance. There is also a little Pinot Blanc and, since 2018, also some Chardonnay. The 2021 Rieslings were thrilling. I was also often impressed with the sites from Kinheim – even though they are not Molitor’s most famous. The Pinot Noirs from 2019 are very elegant.
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Markus Molitor is a German winemaker based in the Mosel, Germany. The winery is known for producing high-quality Rieslings, and Markus Molitor is considered one of the most innovative winemakers in the region.
History by Markus Molitor
The Molitor family has a deep-rooted history in winemaking that spans many generations. Markus Molitor represents the eighth generation of the Molitor legacy. The family's involvement in wine growing in the Moselle goes back to the 18th century. Markus Molitor officially took over the family estate in 1984 at the age of 20. Located in the Mosel wine region, the estate features steep vineyards along the Mosel River, a characteristic feature of the region. The Mosel is known for its steep, terraced vineyards. The slopes ensure optimal sunlight exposure and are an integral part of the unique terroir of the wines produced in this region.
Production by Markus Molitor
Markus Molitor has consciously chosen to focus on the Riesling grape variety, which is particularly well suited to the cool climate and slate soils of the Mosel. Riesling is known for its expressive aromatics, acidity and ability to reflect the terroir. Under the leadership of Markus Molitor, the estate underwent significant expansion and modernization. New vineyards were acquired and existing ones were carefully managed to ensure the highest quality fruit. Markus Molitor produces a wide range of Rieslings covering the Prädikat levels, which indicates the ripeness of the grapes at harvest. The portfolio includes dry styles (Trocken), semi-dry and sweet wines, which emphasize the versatility of Riesling. The estate is known for its emphasis on wines from one specific vineyard. These wines highlight the distinctive characteristics of specific vineyards, known as "Grosses Gewächs" or "Erste Lage." Markus Molitor's dedication to quality and the unique expression of the terroir has earned the estate international fame. The wines are sought after by collectors and enthusiasts for their authenticity and age-worthy characteristics. Markus Molitor respects traditional winemaking methods, including careful manual harvesting and gentle processing of the grapes. At the same time, he applies modern techniques to further improve the quality of the wines.
Markus Molitor and the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr vineyard
Weingut Markus Molitor is one of the leading estates on the Mosel, with a strong focus on terroir expression, precision, and aging potential. Zeltinger Sonnenuhr is one of his most important top vineyards, situated on extremely steep slopes of pure, weathered blue slate. The southwest exposure ensures optimal sunlight, while the cool nights contribute to the high aromatic tension of the Riesling grape. This is where Molitor's most refined and structured wines are born.
Vinification and style of the Auslese *** White Capsule
The 2020 Auslese *** (White Capsule) is the result of a meticulous selection of perfectly ripe grapes with slight noble rot, sourced from old, deep-rooted vines. As is customary with Markus Molitor, the harvest is carried out manually, often in multiple harvests per plot. The grapes are pressed using a traditional basket press, and fermentation takes place exclusively with wild yeasts in large wooden barrels. The wine is aged on the fine lees for eight to ten months and is bottled under natural cork, unfiltered.
The "White Capsule" designation indicates a dry Auslese style , despite its impressive concentration. This wine possesses a powerful structure, yet with absolute finesse and pure terroir expression.
Robert Parker's Review – The Wine Advocate
Stephan Reinhardt rated this wine 98+ points in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and called it an impressive wine with great potential. He describes the 2020 Auslese *** as intense, complex, and layered, with aromas of ripe fruit, candied lemon, ginger, and wet slate. On the palate, it is silky, muscular, powerful, yet perfectly balanced. Reinhardt calls this a wine of "great talent" that will truly express itself after at least ten years in the bottle. The wine is long, intense, and exceptionally complex – a true ageing wine. Recommended for 2030–2070 .
Color, smell and taste
In the glass, the wine displays a deep yellow color with brilliance. The bouquet opens with fragrant notes of lemon peel, candied peach, pickled ginger, and salty minerality. The palate is intensely concentrated, with a subtle tension between fruit, power, purity, and slate-like minerality. The structure is simultaneously muscular and refined. The finish is endless and precise, with a characteristic salty, dry profile.
Serving tips and aging potential
This wine deserves a generous decanter and a large Riesling glass to reveal its true character. Serve slightly chilled at around 9 degrees Celsius. Ideal from 2030 onwards, but easily keeps for more than five decades. This Auslese *** is one of those rare Rieslings that perfectly combines power, purity, and aging potential.
Would you like to order Markus Molitor wines online?
FACT: In the "Attachments" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet for this fine wine. We'll automatically send it to you when you order it. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you pick it up, you'll often receive a nice discount . You'll see your discount immediately when you select "Pick up" at checkout. We're located in Dordrecht, just off the A16 motorway, with ample parking. Click here for our address.
Need advice on finding the perfect wine to pair with your dish? Click here for our exclusive Sommelier. Free for Grand Cru customers.
Wine and food pairings with 2020 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ***
Slow-cooked lobster with beurre blanc
The minerality and dry concentration of the wine enhance the sweet-salty character of the lobster.Terrine of foie gras with citrus jelly
The interplay between rich structure and fine acidity provides perfect balance to this classic luxury dish.Ramen with miso, shiitake and sesame oil
The savory umami and texture of this dish complement the tension in the wine beautifully.Grilled sea bass with fennel and orange zest
The wine's fresh acidity cuts effortlessly through the oily fish, accentuating its aromatic character.Risotto with green asparagus and Parmesan
The wine adds liveliness and depth to this creamy and soft dish.Ravioli filled with goat cheese and lemon
The freshness and precision of the wine give elegance to this subtle vegetarian dish.
| Available as of | Jul 14, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Moezel |
| Winery | Markus Molitor |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Drinking as of | 2028 |
| Drinking till | 2070 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 99 |
| James Suckling rating | 96 |
| Vinous rating | 96 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatisch, Bloemig, Complex, Droog, Fris, Fruitig, Mineraal, Strak, Wit fruit |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 98+
Reviewed by:
Stephan Reinhardt
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2030 - 2070
Molitor's vividly yellow-colored 2020 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (White Capsule) offers an intense and complex nose of ripe fruits, potted ginger and lemon chutney notes spiced with slate plates. Very fine and elegant on the palate, this is a silky-textured, intense, muscular, very dense and concentrated Riesling Auslese that reveals great talents but should be kept for at least a decade. It has great complexity and balance and is very long and complex. Impressive. 2% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in September 2023.
When Markus Molitor came all the way to Geisenheim to show me the two Saar Rieslings from his Domäne Serrig, I had just finished my tasting of the 2021 and 2022 Rheingau Rieslings with Johannes Leitz. I had asked Molitor to brig me some of his top wines to have a context for his new Saar wines. Although I tasted all the wines a while before and it was still too early to see how they had developed so soon after the bottling, I took the chance to give an update. Although our system will handle the new scores as a kind of new or updated rating, I ask you to handle these notes with caution and see them only in context with my previous notes. Molitor's Rieslings develop very slowly, and new reviews normally do not make much sense except after eight to 10 years later. The only stunning finding I had comparing the Serrig wines with the wines listed here is that the established Markus Molitor Rieslings taste much more reductive and aloof than the upcoming releases of Domäne Serrig even though they are more or less made the same way: handpicked, basket pressed and fermented with natural yeasts in large oak casks for eight to 10 months. The SO2 doses are similar, and yet there is a difference not just of terroir but also of style. While the established 2020 Molitor Rieslings are still sleepers, the Serrig Rieslings are currently singing and of incomparable brightness and finesse.
Published: Sep 21, 2023
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James Suckling
Score
96
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 62
Markus Molitor Riesling Mosel Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ** (White Cap) 2022
Wednesday, Nov 08, 2023
Color
White
Country
Germany
Region
Mosel
Vintage
2022
The deep and delicate nose of mandarin orange and papaya pulls you into this succulent and concentrated dry Mosel riesling that has so many alternating layers of richness and slatey minerality. Only medium-bodied, but with a sensational harmony this really shows what was possible in 2022. Drink or hold.
Stuart Pigott
Senior Editor
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
96
Drinking Window
2028 - 2050
From: 2021 Mosel and Saar – Tantalizing, Tingling, Thrilling (Jun 2023)
The 2021 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** White Capsule is from old, ungrafted vines and comes with an uncommon creaminess on the nose. This strikes absolute balance with its fine, slightly mouth-coating texture, so dense and so fine. Apricot shimmers amidst a gentle creaminess from small oak. The lemon is the fresh, bright, vivid backdrop to all of this, lending scope and luminosity. Utter poise, total elegance with lasting echoes of lemon and cream. (Dry)
- By Anne Krebiehl MW on April 2023
Any visit to Markus Molitor’s Haus Klosterberg is a tour de force – while the man himself is a force of nature. He tirelessly drives to make the best wines he possibly can, to do utmost justice to his vineyards and to vinify as many parcels separately as possible. “Akribie,” or absolute meticulousness, is his guiding principle. His next favorite word is selection. “Transporting the identity of each site into the glass time after time, vintage by vintage,” is how one of his employees described the ethos of the estate. Add a tireless, obsessive nature and a deep-seated love for this intricate region and its history, and you begin to understand what you are in for. Molitor’s vast estate holdings, now amounting to 120 hectares, include the property of the former Prussian State Domaine in Serrig (Saar) he bought in 2016. He notes how both the pandemic and building supply issues delayed the planned re-opening of this historic renovation project. Then there are new acquisitions: it took lengthy negotiation and persuasion with more than 60 vineyard owners to piece together the numerous parcels of the cooler, well-ventilated vineyards in the upper Zeltinger Schlossberg, many of them fallow for years. Molitor bought these to recultivate, so his supply of grapes for Kabinett wines is ensured in the ever-warming climate. Harvest in these elevated sites is two to three weeks later than in lower-lying vineyards. Molitor also says that he is always “on the lookout” for more sites suitable for Pinot Noir, having been among the first to plant the variety after it was re-permitted in the region in the 1980s and noting that it will be “ever more important” in the region. Wine styles at Molitor are color-coded: white capsules denote dry, green is off-dry, and gold is sweet. Within these categories, wines are tiered into one, two and three stars of each of the Prädikate, harking back to the pre-1971 attributes of “feiner”, “feinste” and “hochfein” – meaning finer, finest and absolutely fine. This old-fashioned but clear-cut distinction was conferred on wines before they went to auction during the last decades of the 19th and the first decades of the 20th centuries—the glory days of Riesling. A three-star Auslese can thus be produced in trocken, feinherb or sweet and so on. Multiply this by countless parcels in numerous sites across Mosel and Saar, several harvest passes for various Prädikate and you understand the number of wines on offer. The star ratings are not down to degrees of Oechsle, i.e. the ripeness of the must at harvest, but to the evolution of each and every single lot of wine in the cellar. Molitor notes that many of the three-star Auslesen are made in tiny quantities of just 300-500 bottles. Three stars guarantee a wine at the very height of its expression. They often are from the oldest vines – but not necessarily. The sweetest Prädikate, BAs and TBAs, in tiny kegs and glass balloons, are still fermenting away in a corner of the smaller tasting room, so they benefit from the warmer temperature that they need at their glacial pace of progress. All dry wines, made strictly without any botrytized grapes, are fermented and matured in 2,000- and 3,000-liter barrels made by Stockinger and some smaller barrels, too. This results in some Rieslings with a distinct touch of oak-derived hazelnut creaminess. Some wines also ferment in amphora, concrete egg and stainless steel. Malolactic fermentation is avoided as much as possible. While Riesling is the mainstay, Pinot Noir is of growing importance. There is also a little Pinot Blanc and, since 2018, also some Chardonnay. The 2021 Rieslings were thrilling. I was also often impressed with the sites from Kinheim – even though they are not Molitor’s most famous. The Pinot Noirs from 2019 are very elegant.
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Markus Molitor is a German winemaker based in the Mosel, Germany. The winery is known for producing high-quality Rieslings, and Markus Molitor is considered one of the most innovative winemakers in the region.
History by Markus Molitor
The Molitor family has a deep-rooted history in winemaking that spans many generations. Markus Molitor represents the eighth generation of the Molitor legacy. The family's involvement in wine growing in the Moselle goes back to the 18th century. Markus Molitor officially took over the family estate in 1984 at the age of 20. Located in the Mosel wine region, the estate features steep vineyards along the Mosel River, a characteristic feature of the region. The Mosel is known for its steep, terraced vineyards. The slopes ensure optimal sunlight exposure and are an integral part of the unique terroir of the wines produced in this region.
Production by Markus Molitor
Markus Molitor has consciously chosen to focus on the Riesling grape variety, which is particularly well suited to the cool climate and slate soils of the Mosel. Riesling is known for its expressive aromatics, acidity and ability to reflect the terroir. Under the leadership of Markus Molitor, the estate underwent significant expansion and modernization. New vineyards were acquired and existing ones were carefully managed to ensure the highest quality fruit. Markus Molitor produces a wide range of Rieslings covering the Prädikat levels, which indicates the ripeness of the grapes at harvest. The portfolio includes dry styles (Trocken), semi-dry and sweet wines, which emphasize the versatility of Riesling. The estate is known for its emphasis on wines from one specific vineyard. These wines highlight the distinctive characteristics of specific vineyards, known as "Grosses Gewächs" or "Erste Lage." Markus Molitor's dedication to quality and the unique expression of the terroir has earned the estate international fame. The wines are sought after by collectors and enthusiasts for their authenticity and age-worthy characteristics. Markus Molitor respects traditional winemaking methods, including careful manual harvesting and gentle processing of the grapes. At the same time, he applies modern techniques to further improve the quality of the wines.