Markus Molitor is a celebrated Mosel producer based at Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Wehlen, Germany. Markus took over the eighth-generation family estate in 1984 at the age of 20, and over four decades has built a reputation for ageworthy Rieslings of precision, depth and balance. The estate now farms around 120 hectares across many of the most storied steep-slope sites of the Mosel and Saar.
The Alte Reben (Old Vines) Riesling Trocken is sourced from the estate's oldest Middle Mosel vineyards, with vines aged 60 to 80 years and partly ungrafted, planted on classic blue slate soils between Brauneberg and Traben-Trarbach. After gentle crushing and a short skin maceration, the wine is matured in large old wooden casks. The result is a dry, finely structured Mosel Riesling with ripe citrus, white peach, herbs and a smoky slate minerality, finishing long, precise and energetic.
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