Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese Nr22
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed roast pork, blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the iconic, precipitously steep slopes of the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Sundial) vineyard, this Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in Mosel terroir. Named after the historic sundial erected in 1620 to guide vineyard workers, this grand cru site features weathered Devonian blue slate soils that absorb daytime heat and radiate it back to the vines. The 'Nr. 22' designation represents a specific, highly prized traditional Fuder (large oak cask) selection, showcasing a style that Johannes Selbach meticulously crafts using wild yeasts and minimal intervention. This yields a wine of breathtaking tension, balancing luscious stone fruit sweetness with a piercing, electric vein of slate-driven minerality and vibrant acidity that has defined the region's winemaking heritage since the 17th century.
🍾 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.