Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout, roasted pork belly, creamy veal fricassee
✨ Technical Specifications
The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, or 'sundial of Zeltingen,' is one of the Mosel's most legendary grand cru vineyards, named after the historic sundial erected in its steep slopes in 1620. Selbach-Oster's Grosses Gewächs (GG) from this site represents the pinnacle of dry Mosel Riesling. Grown on ultra-steep, blue Devonian slate soils, the old, ungrafted vines yield a wine of immense depth and structure. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in traditional, large oak Fuder casks, this dry masterpiece balances laser-like acidity with rich stone fruit, wild herbs, and a profound, smoky slate minerality that reflects its dramatic terroir.
🍾 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.