Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, fresh sushi and sashimi
✨ Technical Specifications
The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (sundial) vineyard is one of the Mosel's most iconic grand cru sites, named after the historic sundial erected in 1620 by Abbot Jodokus Bodemann to help vineyard workers track their day. Selbach-Oster's Riesling Kabinett from this legendary slope is a masterclass in tension and terroir. Grown on steep, weathered blue Devonian slate soils, the 100% Riesling grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks. This minimal-intervention approach coaxes out a feather-light yet intensely aromatic profile, defined by crunchy green apple, white peach, and a piercing, salty slate minerality that perfectly balances the wine's delicate, off-dry sweetness.
🍾 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.