Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese S
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2048
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, glazed roast duck, and spicy Thai green curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, sun-drenched slopes of the Middle Mosel, the Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese 'S' represents the pinnacle of traditional German winemaking. The 'S' denotes the historic 'Schmitt' parcel, a prized, south-facing heart-sector of the Schlossberg vineyard characterized by ancient, ungrafted vines digging deep into weathered blue Devonian slate. Here, the Selbach family coaxes extraordinary depth from late-harvested, botrytis-affected grapes. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this Auslese strikes a legendary balance between rich, honeyed stone fruit, exotic spice, and a piercing, saline minerality that reflects its dramatic, precipitous terroir.
🍾 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.