Markus Molitor

Markus Molitor (* 1964 ) is a German winemaker from Bernkastel-Wehlen on the Moselle .

The Markus Molitor winery manages 65 hectares of vineyards on the Moselle . With 90% Riesling is the dominant grape variety, but it also produces small amounts of Pinot Noir . Molitor cultivates vineyards in 15 different locations , u. a. Wehlener sundial and Graacher cathedral provost . The manor building is located in the Wehlener Klosterberg area. It was built as a winery at the end of the 19th century and acquired by Markus Molitor in 1984 after taking over the business.

In 2014, Markus Molitor was voted winemaker of the year by a jury from falstaff magazine . The final breakthrough to the world's top winemakers and wine makers succeeded Molitor in 2015, when he by the journal The Wine Advocate , for three of its wines, all Riesling reading , respectively, the highest score of 100 Parker points (named after Robert Parker , the founder of Wine- Advocate). Molitor belongs to a group of prominent winemakers whose wines achieve top prices. In the 2015 edition of Gault & Millau WeinGuide Germany, Molitor and his winery received four out of five grapes.

Together with Roman Niewodniczanski from the Van Volxem winery , he is working on the recultivation of the Geisberg an der Saar vineyard in the Schoden district .

Web links

• Three best marks for Markus Molitor - article in Trierisches Volksfreund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mr. 300 Points - Stuart Pigott (FAZ) in the online magazine Wine Searcher
2. ↑ Haus Klosterberg ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Winemaker of the Year comes from the Moselle . In: WochenSpiegel . March 11, 2014 ( online [accessed April 2, 2020]).
4. ↑ Mosel-Riesling scores 100 Parker points three times ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Ed. Joel B. Payne (2014): Gault & Millau WeinGuide Germany 2015, Munich
6. ↑ / Recultivation of the Geisberg