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
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.