Piesporter Michelsberg Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai red curry, glazed pork belly, blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
While the Selbach family is globally celebrated for their estate-bottled Selbach-Oster wines from Zeltingen and Wehlen, they also curate exceptional regional classics under their historic negociant arm. This Piesporter Michelsberg Riesling Spätlese represents a classic, approachable style of Mosel wine. Sourced from the famous 'Michelsberg' Grosslage (collective vineyard site) surrounding the amphitheater-like loops of the Mosel River near Piesport, this wine captures the essence of late-harvest Riesling. It is crafted to highlight the grape's natural sweetness balanced by the region's signature vibrant acidity. Fermented cool to preserve its pristine primary fruit, it offers a delightful interplay of juicy peach, citrus blossom, and a gentle mineral undertone characteristic of Mosel's slate soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Steeped in centuries of family winemaking tradition along the dramatic slate slopes of the Middle Mosel, Weingut Selbach-Oster represents one of Germany's most distinguished Riesling estates. Managed by Johannes Selbach and his family, the estate meticulously tends prized, steep vineyard parcels across legendary grand cru sites including the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Zeltinger Schlossberg, and Wehlener Sonnenuhr, home to significant plantings of ancient, ungrafted vines. Cellar practices emphasize minimal intervention, relying on native yeast fermentations and maturation in traditional large oak Fuder casks to capture pure terroir expression and vibrant acidity. Selbach-Oster is celebrated worldwide for its benchmark, slate-driven Rieslings spanning crisp, mineral-rich Kabinett and Spätlese bottlings to profound, luscious single-vineyard Auslese and rare Eiswein expressions.