Selbach-Oster
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Feinherb Ur Alte Reben Mosel Riesling
Mosel, Germany
Juicy acidity with notes of fresh peaches and nectarine, slate and minerals
Juicy acidity with notes of fresh peaches and nectarine, slate and minerals
Sep 9th, 2017
I almost don't want to post about this wine as its so good and so affordable ($25) for a wine made from ungrafted 100 year-old vines from heart of this vineyard, the Rotlay composed of blue slate chucks in a shallow decomposed slate soil on a slate bedrock. #itsaslatething in the #mosel
Now the wine? Outrageously good with sweet citrus and nerve, lazer beam acids with and sense of pure rock minerality, filigree and linear on the palate. A touch of sweetness as this is medium dry, the acids balance is so perfect they both taper together into a long finish. This should easily go 20 years, likely even more...if you can wait that long!
#riesling @selbachoster
I almost don't want to post about this wine as its so good and so affordable ($25) for a wine made from ungrafted 100 year-old vines from heart of this vineyard, the Rotlay composed of blue slate chucks in a shallow decomposed slate soil on a slate bedrock. #itsaslatething in the #mosel
Now the wine? Outrageously good with sweet citrus and nerve, lazer beam acids with and sense of pure rock minerality, filigree and linear on the palate. A touch of sweetness as this is medium dry, the acids balance is so perfect they both taper together into a long finish. This should easily go 20 years, likely even more...if you can wait that long!
#riesling @selbachoster
Summer means heirloom tomatoes and Riesling. 💥💥
Summer means heirloom tomatoes and Riesling. 💥💥
Aug 19th, 2020Inspiring lift and cut. I don’t know a lot about the Mosel crus but this is dynamite (explosive).
Inspiring lift and cut. I don’t know a lot about the Mosel crus but this is dynamite (explosive).
Mar 28th, 2020Balanced and complex with an amazing palate of exotic fruits. Drank it to a pepper smoked salmon. Really great!
Balanced and complex with an amazing palate of exotic fruits. Drank it to a pepper smoked salmon. Really great!
Jul 23rd, 2018
JL Selbach tasting 11/16/17. 12%ABV. WHITE FRUITS peach minerals bit of petrol. Vibrant palate balanced acids and slate and long finish complex and tasty. Yum. $25.
JL Selbach tasting 11/16/17. 12%ABV. WHITE FRUITS peach minerals bit of petrol. Vibrant palate balanced acids and slate and long finish complex and tasty. Yum. $25.
Nov 17th, 2017Not sweet enough to be späte, not dry enough to be kab. Just right w shrimp, yuca, steak tacos and salad.
Not sweet enough to be späte, not dry enough to be kab. Just right w shrimp, yuca, steak tacos and salad.
Aug 3rd, 2017
Off dry but very balanced with med + acid, stone and tropical fruits, slate. Delicious and a great QPR!
Off dry but very balanced with med + acid, stone and tropical fruits, slate. Delicious and a great QPR!
Mar 19th, 2017Like the 2012 version of this, this is "spatlese feinherb" and weighs in at 12% alcohol, but it tastes much closer to the spatlese side of things than the dry side. It opens with a huge burst of fruit, practically a fruit grenade as it feels like there is a ton of kinetic material just waiting to burst. The flavors combine pale pear- and melon-like flavors with stuff that's more tropical and luscious, like guava and passionfruit. The emphasis is more fruit than mineral at the moment, but the feinherb specs keep it reasonably precise even when it warms up in the glass. Love the new label on this, by the way. Modern but medieval.
Like the 2012 version of this, this is "spatlese feinherb" and weighs in at 12% alcohol, but it tastes much closer to the spatlese side of things than the dry side. It opens with a huge burst of fruit, practically a fruit grenade as it feels like there is a ton of kinetic material just waiting to burst. The flavors combine pale pear- and melon-like flavors with stuff that's more tropical and luscious, like guava and passionfruit. The emphasis is more fruit than mineral at the moment, but the feinherb specs keep it reasonably precise even when it warms up in the glass. Love the new label on this, by the way. Modern but medieval.
Nov 1st, 2016