Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 2* Nr4
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, roasted duck, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Zeltinger Schlossberg is one of the Mosel's most dramatic grand cru vineyards, characterized by its incredibly steep, south-facing slopes of weathered Devonian slate. Selbach-Oster's Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 2* Nr4 represents a masterclass in traditional Mosel winemaking. The 'two stars' designation denotes a rigorous selection of highly ripe grapes, often kissed by noble rot, which are harvested entirely by hand from these dizzying heights. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this wine achieves a sublime tension between rich, honeyed sweetness and a piercing, mineral-driven acidity. Historically, the Schlossberg vineyard has been prized for centuries, its slate soils acting as a solar radiator that warms the vines through the cool German nights, resulting in a Riesling of profound depth, exotic fruit notes, and smoky slate minerality.
🍾 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.