Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, Fruit-based tarts, Foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary, precipitous slopes of the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Zeltingen Sundial) vineyard, this Beerenauslese (BA) is a testament to the extreme viticulture of the Middle Mosel. The vineyard's name pays homage to the historic sundial erected in 1842 by Jodocus Prüm, which still stands amidst the ancient, weathered blue slate soils. Crafted from 100% Riesling, this rare sweet wine is only produced in exceptional vintages when noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) flourishes. The Selbach family meticulously hand-harvests individual shriveled berries, selecting only those with concentrated sugars and vibrant acidity. Fermented slowly to preserve the pristine, mineral-driven character of the fruit, the resulting wine is a luscious masterpiece balancing intense sweetness with a piercing vein of slatey acidity, offering complex notes of honeyed stone fruits, exotic spices, and petrol that develop over decades.
🍾 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.