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
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.