Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese Ur Alte Reben
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, glazed duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, blue-slate slopes of the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr (Zeltingen Sundial) vineyard in the heart of the Mosel, this exceptional Spätlese is crafted from 'Ur-Alte Reben'—extremely old, ungrafted Riesling vines, some exceeding a century in age. These ancient roots dig deep into the devonian slate, yielding naturally minuscule crops of extraordinary concentration and complexity. The Selbach family honors this heritage by fermenting the juice with indigenous yeasts in traditional, large oak Fuder casks. The resulting wine is a masterclass in tension, balancing luscious stone fruit sweetness, exotic spice, and a profound, smoky mineral backbone that reflects one of the Mosel's most legendary terroirs.
🍾 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.