Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett Ur Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curries, roasted pork belly, fresh goat cheese```_of_goat
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the precipitous, blue slate slopes of the Middle Mosel, the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett 'Ur Alte Reben' is a masterclass in old-vine Riesling. The 'Sonnenuhr' (sundial) vineyard, named after the historic sundial erected in 1620 to guide vineyard workers, is renowned for its intense solar exposure and heat-retaining Devonian slate. 'Ur Alte Reben' denotes extremely old, ungrafted vines—some over a century old—whose deep root systems extract profound mineral complexity from the bedrock. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this Kabinett captures the classic Mosel tension: a feather-light body coupled with an intense concentration of white peach, citrus blossom, and wet stone minerality, balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity.
🍾 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.