1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / [email protected]
$39.99
Today, Johannes Selbach and his wife Barbara, with the help of son Sebastian, manage their vineyards and winery with passion and respect for the estate’s long-held traditions. A substantial portion of their 24 hectares of vines are on their original rootstocks, in Zeltinger, Schlossberg, and Sonnenuhr; Wehlener Sonnenuhr; and, Graacher and Bernkasteler Graben. These vineyards of weathered Devonian slate are on a steep, contiguous slope facing south-southwest and represent some of the most prestigious sites in all of the Middle Mosel, in fact 85% of the Selbach’s vines are on steep slopes. The Selbach family’s heritage in the wine business dates to 1600: Selbach’s ancestors shipped wines down the Mosel in their own ships, the wine carried in oak barrels made by cooper Matthias Oster, the great-grandfather on the paternal side of the family. Thus, the winery developed as both a top estate producing some of the region’s best wine, and also as a négociant and brokerage firm, consolidating the production of smaller growers.
750ml ml93 points Wine Advocate
The 2020 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese is pure and flinty on the pure and fresh, stony and lemony nose. Lush, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a rich yet refined, crystalline and very elegant Spätlese with a finely tannic and nicely drying finish with delicate and lush fruit. (SR) 93+