Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 3*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, glazed roasted duck, and caramelized apple tart.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from the steep, sun-drenched slate slopes of the Zeltinger Schlossberg, this legendary Riesling Auslese 3* (Three Star) represents the absolute pinnacle of Selbach-Oster's sweet wine craftsmanship. The 'three-star' designation indicates a meticulous selection of highly botrytised grapes, harvested by hand in multiple passes. In the cellar, Johannes Selbach employs traditional, minimalist winemaking, fermenting the pristine juice with ambient yeasts in ancient, large oak Fuder casks. This heritage-rich approach coaxes out an extraordinary tension between luscious, honeyed tropical fruit and a piercing, salty slate minerality. The Zeltinger Schlossberg vineyard itself is steeped in Mosel history, famous for producing wines of unparalleled longevity and structural complexity.
🍾 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.