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
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.