Weingut Selbach-Oster

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Weingut Selbach Oster

MOSEL, GERMANY

The Selbach family has a long viticultural history dating back to 1661. Today, the Mitte Mosel estate is run by Johannes and Barbara Selbach with help from their children. The family farms 25 ha of vines in Zeltingen (Himmelreich, Sonnenuhr and Schlossberg) and Graach (Himmelreich and Domprobst), and out of these 6.5 ha are farmed organically where the rest follows sustainable practices. More than a half of their vineyards are planted on their own rootstocks and the majority are on very steep slopes, necessitating cultivation and harvesting by hand. In the winery, the Selbachs aim to bring out the purity of fruit. Settling of the must is

done by gravity, without the help of enzymes. Fermentation is natural, cool and slow and there is substantial lees contact to create extra texture. The ferment takes place in a mix of traditional old oak foudre and stainless steel. The wines are unfined. The estate produces both traditional Prädikat wines and intensely sweet botrytised wines but their main focus is shifting towards Trocken styles and Großes Gewächs. This is classic, intensely mineral Mosel Riesling, reflecting the minerality of those blue slate soils and perfectly expressing each vintage’s unique character.

The Wines

Funkelwürtz de-alcoholised “frizzante”
Riesling Trocken
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
Zeltlinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Trocken
Zeltlinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Trocken GG
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Beerenauslese*
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese***
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese feinherb“Ur“ Alte Reben
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Trocken GG

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