Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout, roasted pork belly with apple compote, spicy Thai crab cakes
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr, or 'Sundial of Wehlen,' is one of the Mosel's most iconic vineyards, named after the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Pr m to guide vineyard workers. Selbach-Oster's Grosses Gewchs (GG) from this legendary site showcases the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling. Grown on incredibly steep, weathered blue slate slopes, the old, ungrafted vines yield a wine of immense purity and tension. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this dry masterpiece balances the vineyard's signature white peach, floral, and citrus notes with a profound, smoky minerality and vibrant, laser-like acidity that reflects centuries of winemaking heritage.
🍾 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.