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Markus Molitor

 
There may be no more ambitious winemaker in the world than Markus Molitor. His determination and drive to make the best possible wines has made him a towering figure in the Mosel, with an impressive, modern winery and holdings in almost every important vineyard in the region.
 
This drive results in a wide variety of bottlings. Most winemakers would pick a vineyard once or twice and vinify the lots together—it’s easier and the wines are good. Molitor, though, asks what each parcel and pick would be like on its own—treated as if it were a wine of distinction rather than a blending component. The result is a dizzying number of bottlings that all strive toward perfection. The critical praise backs this up: Markus Molitor’s wines are some of the most celebrated in the world.
 
Molitor distinguishes the style of his wines by capsule color, Prädikat level, and star designation. If you’re not familiar, here’s our guide to understand what is captured under each cork.  
 
Capsule Color:
 
Molitor uses three capsule colors: white, green, and gold. White capsule wines are dry (‘trocken’ in German) with no perceptible residual sugar. Green capsule reflect what Germans refer to as a ‘feinherb’ or just slightly off-dry style, usually with 15-20g or more of residual sugar per liter. This is probably the most classical of all Mosel wine styles, where the interplay of sugar and acid is delicate and balanced. Lastly, gold capsules indicate a sweet and fruity style of Riesling with lush concentration and a fruit spectrum that spans all the way from orchard to tropical. All three of these styles can age beautifully for many years.
 
Prädikat Level:
 
Molitor labels his wines using the German Prädikat system, which essentially indicates the ripeness of the grapes (that’s not technically what it means, but it’s close enough for our purposes). These standards also prohibit the use of added sugar during fermentation (chaptalization).
 
The potential alcohol and sugar content increase as one ascends the Prädikat levels from Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, and up to the rare and precious Trockenbeerenauslese. Kabinett wines are lighter bodied juice with filigree and coolness from the Mosel slate. Spätlese have additional intensity and stone-fruit notes on the nose.  Auslese indicates extremely complex wines of higher ripeness that can often be savored completely on their own. The last two are considered dessert styles, with rich concentration, a lush and creamy mouthfeel, and unrivaled length and ageability.
 
Star Designation:
 
Molitor’s use of star designations (asterisks) on his Auslese is straightforward. With Molitor, more asterisks on the bottle means a higher quality designation (up to a maximum of ***). All levels are sure to give immense pleasure and reward the connoisseur that seeks to understand them entirely.


We have a dazzling selection of Markus Molitor’s wines in stock, and are eager to share them with you. Discover for yourself why we insist on carrying so many of these brilliant wines. Pick your favorite style and stock up during our three day sale!
 
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles of Molitor
10% off any 6+ or more in-stock bottles of Molitor

 
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Sale ends Friday, October 17th at 9 am Pacific.
 
We offer eighty-six in-stock Molitor options on sale now, including:
 
Dry / Trocken (White Capsule)
 
Markus Molitor Riesling Alte Reben Mosel Trocken 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $29, that’s $27.55 at 5% off and $26.10 at 10% off, 15 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 92 points
“…perfectly ripe and pure on the intense yet elegant and refined, crystalline nose. Round and juicy on the palate, this is a rich and creamy-textured, finely tannic and phenolic Riesling with grip…”
 
Markus Molitor Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett Trocken 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $21.90, that’s $20.81 at 5% off and $19.71 at 10% off, 16 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 90 points
“…deep and flinty on the terroir-driven, dark and smoky nose. Full, round and juicy on the palate, this is a rich yet pure and slatey Domprobst with crunchy grip and fruity intensity…”
 
Markus Molitor Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett Trocken 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $28, that’s $26.60 at 5% off and $25.20 at 10% off, 36+ bottles in stock now
Stuart Pigott-James Suckling 92 points
“Very fresh lemon-balm and blossom nose with no hint of the opulence of the vintage. Excellent balance of bright lemon and white-peach fruit with silky acidity and a whisker of unfermented grape sweetness that smooths the touch of tannin. Drink or hold.”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese Trocken 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $36, that’s $34.20 at 5% off and $32.40 at 10% off, 18 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 93+ points
“… offers a clear, fresh, bright and aromatic bouquet of white mandarins and mirabelles intertwined with the pure and refreshing tone of crushed stones and herbs. This bouquet gets you into the wine immediately. Round and intense on the succulent palate, this is a medium-bodied, elegant and very charming Sonnenuhr Spätlese with rather mild acidity but a serious terroir expression on the finish…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese ** Trocken 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $66, that’s $62.70 at 5% off and $59.40 at 10% off, 28 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97 points
“From 80- to 120-year-old vines, the intensely citrus-yellow colored [wine] offers an absurdly deep, highly intense, complex and concentrated bouquet with lime confit, perfectly ripe white stone fruits and flinty notes of crushed stones and lemon zest. On the palate, this is a dense, rich and powerful yet highly elegant and seamlessly textured Sonnenuhr with very fine tannins and a tightly woven structure that channels the immense power of this dry Riesling. “Physical drinking starts here,” Markus Molitor says with a smile, and indeed, this is a spectacularly strong and concentrated Riesling. Despite its power, density and tension, the 2017 is super elegant and silky and reveals perfectly ripe, interwoven acidity and spicy piquancy. This is a fascinating Riesling with outstanding finesse and a very long, promising finish. This is one of the finest two-starred Auslesen I have tasted from Markus Molitor, and it kisses the three-star level. I can only recommend buying some cases and enjoying this beauty over the next 20 to 30 years…”
 
Markus Molitor Erdener Treppchen Auslese *** Trocken 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 12 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98+ points
“Partly from the Felsentreppe, the [wine]opens with a pure, fresh and flinty, iron-rich and refined bouquet of tropical fruit aromas with notes of broken (red) slate, lemon oil and lemon juice. Fat but refined, this wine combines the incompatible. Round and wide as well as precise and piquant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, rich and concentrated yet powerful, vibrantly fresh and persistently salty Riesling with cognac or whisky features due its oaky and iodine character. Highly vital and salty, very elegant and complex, vibrantly fresh, with seriously firm tannin grip and a generous tropical stone fruit aroma, this is a giant in the making, but it needs some years to celebrate its class. Any Meursault would honor this Mosel Riesling that has been aged in a 770-liter Stockinger vat and a Burgundy pičce…”
 
Markus Molitor Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese *** Trocken 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 14 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98+ points
“… offers a deep, ripe and highly intense yet refined and noble bouquet of ripe (tropical) stone fruits such as mango, golden passion fruit and persimmon, finely crushed and flinty slate as well as iodine notes. Rich and intense yet highly refined and crystalline on the palate, with vibrant yet finessed acidity and lots of elegant or even subversive power, grip and tension, this is a highly elegant, multilayered and endlessly salty as well as frisky Sonnenuhr that delivers all the charm and complexity we may expect from this praised grand cru but rarely had in our glasses as perfectly as it comes here. This is a sustainable Sonnenuhr that I have rarely tasted with such a firm and serious structure and initial austerity. The wine has salt and tannic grip on the finish, but it has to be aged for another 8-10 years at least. One day this might be another giant from the Molitor category of ‘physical drinking.’…”
 
 
Off-Dry / Feinherb (Green Capsule)
 
Markus Molitor Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $28, that’s $26.60 at 5% off and $25.20 at 10% off, 28 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 94+ points
“… opens pure and flinty on the deep and complex, very intense yet bright and fascinating, seductive and terroir-driven nose. Lush and round on the palate yet with salty-piquant and vibrantly fresh acidity, this is a structured, even somewhat tannic Kabinett to cellar for at least 2-3 more years. Very long and endlessly salty…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $26.50, that’s $25.18 at 5% off and $23.85 at 10% off, 24 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 94 points
“… beautifully clear, fresh and flinty on the complex and crunchy, slate-driven bouquet of bright fruits and crushed stones. On the palate, this is a mouth-filling, juicy, vibrantly fresh and crisp, stimulating and piquant Kabinett with gorgeous slatey grip and a salivating finish. A fabulous Kabinett from 40+-year-old Riesling vines…”
 
Markus Molitor Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese * Feinherb 2020 750ml Displayed Price: $41.90, that’s $39.81 at 5% off and $37.71 at 10% off, 18 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 96 points
“… clear, deep and intense on the concentrated, mineral and lemon-scented nose that shows bright and fresh fruit and very fine broken slate aromas. Full-bodied, very intense and lush, with sweet fruit, this is an enormously salty, complex, very long, energetic and tensioned Badstube with a hint of caramel on the finessed and crystalline finish that also reveals laser-sharp but ripe acidity. The finish is very intense and concentrated but savory and stimulating. This Riesling is like a bright laser beam! But it is also very intense and concentrated. A promising wine that is made to be cellared for a minimum of 10 to 15 years…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Auslese ** Feinherb 2016 750ml Displayed Price: $59, that’s $56.05 at 5% off and $53.10 at 10% off, 17 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97 points
“…terribly fine, pure and fresh but also perfectly ripe and rich on the nose without losing precision. Round and highly elegant on the palate, with tropical fruit flavors and just the perfect amount of sweetness, this is a great, vital Himmelreich with superb finesse, purity, mineral tension and bright fruit notes in the long and beautifully slatey finish. This is a gorgeous, exciting Riesling—very stimulating.”
 
Markus Molitor Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese *** Feinherb 2016 750ml Displayed Price: $89, that’s $84.55 at 5% off and $80.10 at 10% off, 22 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97 points
“… offers a super fine raisin and refreshing slatey/flinty bouquet that indicates great purity, finesse and crunchy/slatey freshness. The fermentation stopped at 34 grams of residual sugar per liter (11% alcohol), and the resulting wine is highly delicate, pure, lush and piquant on the palate. It is quite sweet and shows celery flavors as well as great tension that is neither rustic nor challenging but really fine, giving vibrancy, grip and energy to the lush and generous but always precise and elegant Riesling fruit. This is an exciting wine, and Markus filled it as a three-starred Auslese for the first time because he was convinced the wine deserves it…”
 
Markus Molitor Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese *** Feinherb 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 22 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 99 points
“…opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration does the wine become more and more pure and fresh and develop a flinty lemon note with the finest perfume. On the palate, this is a rich, round and complex, sweet, wide and mouth-filling, very generous, free and easy-flowing Himmelreich of exceptional finesse and beauty. The finish is so stimulating, salty, pure and crunchy in its slate character, whereas the crater dug by the piquancy is filled in by the perfectly ripe and healthy fruit with lush intensity. The 2019 Himmelreich Auslese *** is sensational and the finest I have ever tasted from Markus Molitor…”
 
 
Fully Sweet (Gold Capsule)
 
Kabinett & Spätlese
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett GK 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $28, that’s $26.60 at 5% off and $25.20 at 10% off, 18 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 92+ points
“… intense and aromatic on the nose that displays a concentrated and ripe stone-fruit aroma with reductive, sulfuric notes. Round and silky on the palate, this is a crystalline, salty-piquant and structured Kabinett with intense and sweet yet elegant fruit and a promising long and grippy finish…”
 
Markus Molitor Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spätlese GK 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $39, that’s $37.05 at 5% off and $35.10 at 10% off, 12 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 95 points
“…complex and mineral on the densely woven yet fresh and crunchy-herbal nose. It’s a dense, concentrated, piquant and structured Spätlese with lush and ripe fruit whose sweetness is nearly completely absorbed by the Würzgarten raciness and iron-rich terroir character. This is a fabulous Spätlese!…”
 
Two-Star Auslesen
 
Markus Molitor Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese ** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $49, that’s $46.55 at 5% off and $44.10 at 10% off, 21 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 95 points
“The golden-yellow colored [wine] is intense yet very clear and fresh with lemon juice aromas and dark-toned notes of crushed flint stone. Lush and refined on the vivacious and remarkably finessed palate, this is a light, round and fleshy, textured and mouth-filling Domprobst with very fine tannins, delicate mineral acidity and lingering salinity. Promising and with stimulating, crystalline grip but still far too young…”
 
Markus Molitor Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese ** GK 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $49, that’s $46.55 at 5% off and $44.10 at 10% off, 25 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97 points
“According to Markus Molitor, [this wine] is made from entirely healthy grapes. It displays a highly attractive bouquet of fine grapefruit and raisin aromas intermixed with flinty-crystalline slate notes. Juicy on the palate, this is a dense, sweet, intense yet piquant, highly delicate Auslese with a long, refined and salty-crunchy finish…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese ** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $69, that’s $65.55 at 5% off and $62.10 at 10% off, 19 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 96 points
“… exhibits a white-golden color along with a clear, bright, flinty and lemon-scented bouquet of ripe and healthy citrus fruits intertwined with finely crushed slate aromas. Mouth-filling, fresh and highly delicate on the palate, this is a finessed and stimulating Auslese with hidden intensity and complexity and currently firm phenolic grip with crystalline acidity and lingering salinity…”
 
Three-Star Auslesen
 
Markus Molitor Benkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese GK 2017 375ml Displayed Price: $59, that’s $56.05 at 5% off and $53.10 at 10% off, 18 half-bottles in stock now
Markus Molitor Benkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese GK 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $99, that’s $94.05 at 5% off and $89.10 at 10% off, 21 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98 points
“… offers a deep, pure, precise, smoky, highly concentrated yet refined and coolish nose of stewed stone fruits, candied lemons and grapefruits that intermingle with crushed stone and some leathery aromas. Lush and round on the generous but precise and highly finessed palate, this is an almost weightless Auslese with a honey-sweet yet piquant and salty finish. This is another laser-sharp but also sensual highlight of the vintage…”
 
Markus Molitor Kinheimer Hubertuslay Riesling Auslese *** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 24 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97+ points
“… utterly intense as well as refined on the subtle, finely slatey and crunchy nose. Piquant and fresh on the first attack, this is a crystalline, finely grippy and lingering salty Auslese with great tension, finesse and terroir expression. This is an Auslese to keep for another 5-10 years. This is very precise and piquant and still grippy, but it will smoothen with time…”
 
Markus Molitor Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese *** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 23 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98 points
“…concentrated, fresh and piquant on the highly refined nose that shows very fine berry aromas intertwined with crushed slate and therefore with coolish and flinty, immediately attractive and stimulating notes. Lush and elegant on the immaculate and seamless palate, this is rather smooth but mouth-salivating and stimulating salty Auslese with great finesse and concentration…”
 
Markus Molitor Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Auslese *** GK 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 19 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98+ points
“…a very intense and concentrated yet pure and fruity Auslese provided with refreshing crunchy, herbal and iron-rich, clayey slate aromas. This displays perfect botrytis on a bright, pure, fresh and delicate bouquet full of ripe stone and citrus fruits as well as notes of crushed stones. It is fascinatingly fresh and salty-piquant on the palate, with pronounced acidity; this is a sweet but weightless Auslese with acidity that cuts through fruit and slate and tickles the tongue. This is a highly stimulating and crystalline Auslese that is impossible to spit out. Simply amazing!…”
 
Markus Molitor Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese *** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $125, that’s $118.75 at 5% off and $112.50 at 10% off, 17 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 99 points
“… opens with an immediately attractive bouquet, with perfectly ripe peach aromas intermingled with very fine crunchy and flinty slate notes. Lush and intense yet weightless, with an enormously salty, finessed and elegant but also generously fruity palate lifted by crystalline and mouth-salivating acidity, this is a filigreed, transparent and immaculate Auslese of mind-blowing finesse and elegance and the sexiest expression of complexity…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese *** GK 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $119, that’s $113.05 at 5% off and $107.10 at 10% off, 24 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 99 points
“… offers a fascinating fresh and concentrated nose with very fine berry and lemon aromas intertwined with crunchy blue-slate notes. Lush, refined and piquant on the palate, this is a highly elegant and stimulating Auslese with a dense yet tensioned texture and great terroir expression. A fabulous, highly stimulating Riesling whose sweetness is just ripe and concentrated Riesling fruit!…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Auslese *** GK 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $99, that’s $94.05 at 5% off and $89.10 at 10% off, 14 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98 points
“… a concentrated, super precise and refreshing bouquet of lemon chutney, candied grapefruit zests and spicy slate aromas. What piquancy and precision! It’s already sharp as a laser beam on the nose. The palate is concentrated, highly refined and elegant but nervy and salty in the vibrating underground. This Auslese has a seamless texture and reveals great finesse with stimulating salinity and crystal clear, even filigreed structure. This is an amazing, Eiswein-like Auslese that will last four or more decades…”
 

Dessert-Style
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Beerenauslese * 2017 375ml Displayed Price: $199, that’s $189.05 at 5% off and $179.10 at 10% off, 17 half-bottles in stock now
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Beerenauslese * 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $399, that’s $379.05 at 5% off and $359.10 at 10% off, 12 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 100 points
“… intense, fine and flinty on the highly precise nose with crunchy slate and grapefruit notes. Dense and concentrated on the palate, it has sweet but elegant and highly refined fruit intertwined with salty-finessed slate salinity and delicate acidity. This is a beautifully balanced BA from Molitor’s most important grand cru vineyard. Many readers might prefer its sweet and charming richness to the delicate finesse and crystallinity of the Würzgarten BA, which will be ready to drink sooner. But this Zeltinger Sonnenuhr in turn will gain even more finesse and drinkability over the years…”
 
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese 2019 750ml Displayed Price: $499, that’s $474.05 at 5% off and $449.10 at 10% off, 10 bottles in stock now
Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese 2019 375ml Displayed Price: $249, that’s $236.55 at 5% off and $224.10 at 10% off, 17 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 97 points
“… deep, intense and flinty on the nose that exhibits clear, ripe and concentrated fruit with very fine botrytis notes intertwined with aromas of crushed slate and candied lemon rind. Round and elegant on the seamless palate, this is a rich yet finessed and elegant, super tensioned and mineral TBA with electrifying acidity and a highly stimulating finish. There are not many TBAs around that are as digestible as this one, which is really extraordinary. 6.5% alcohol…”
 
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Graacher Domprobst: Single-Vineyard Rieslings from Multiple Producers!
 
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles of Graacher Domprobst
10% off any 6+ or more in-stock bottles of Graacher Domprobst
 

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Graacher Domprost sale ends Wednesday, October 15th at 9 am Pacific.