Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pungent blue cheeses, rich foie gras, and apricot-based tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, named after the historic sundial erected in the vineyard in 1615, is one of the Mosel's most iconic grand cru sites. Its extremely steep slopes of weathered blue Devonian slate catch the full force of the sun, creating the perfect microclimate for noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) to flourish. Selbach-Oster's Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the pinnacle of liquid gold, crafted only in exceptional vintages. Every single shriveled, raisin-like grape is painstakingly hand-selected berry by berry. Fermented slowly with indigenous yeasts, this 100% Riesling achieves a sublime tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and a vibrant, laser-like acidity that keeps the wine incredibly fresh and light on its feet despite its immense concentration.
🍾 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.