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
Weingut Selbach-Oster represents over four centuries of winemaking heritage along Germany's Middle Mosel, with family viticultural roots established in 1661. Based in Zeltingen-Rachtig, proprietors Johannes and Barbara Selbach, alongside their son Sebastian, steward approximately 23 hectares of precipitous, south-facing slopes. Their historic holdings encompass quintessential Grand Cru sites including Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Zeltinger Schlossberg, Zeltinger Himmelreich, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Graacher Domprobst. Characterized by weathered Devonian blue and grey slate soils, over half the estate's vines are ungrafted, centenarian rootstocks farmed with rigorous sustainable and low-intervention methods. In the cellar, Selbach-Oster champions unhurried native yeast fermentations carried out in neutral German oak Fuder casks and temperature-controlled stainless steel. The resulting wines—spanning bone-dry Grosses Gewächs bottlings, nuanced Feinherb styles, and pristine Prädikat sweet wines—epitomize classical Mosel tension, showcasing crystalline acidity, wet-slate minerality, pristine orchard fruit, and exceptional longevity.