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
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.