Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, roasted duck with plum sauce, apple tart tatin
✨ Technical Specifications
The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, or 'sundial' of Zeltingen, is one of the Mosel's most iconic vineyards, named after the historic sundial erected in the vines in 1620. Selbach-Oster's Riesling Auslese 2* represents an elite tier of selection from this steep, blue-slate-dominated grand cru slope. The 'two-star' designation signifies a meticulous hand-harvest of highly concentrated, partially botrytised grapes. Fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts and aged in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this wine strikes a breathtaking balance between rich, honeyed tropical fruit, wild herb complexity, and an intense, slate-driven mineral acidity that keeps the palate remarkably fresh and vibrant. It is a liquid testament to the Mosel's unique ability to marry intense sweetness with crystalline purity.
🍾 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.