Selbach - Riesling Spatlese 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Selbach
Country	Germany
Region	Mosel
Varietal	Rieslign
Vintage	2020
Sku	82444
Size	750ml

 

Selbach-Oster Description

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 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-south west 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.

This Mosel Riesling Spatlese is grown in Blue Devonian Slate almost entirely from the Zeltinger Himmelreich vineyard site. Natural fermentation took place in old Mosel Fuders - large barrels, the largest of which can hold up to 5000 litres. The barrels that Johannes is using are up to 60 years old, and have long since lost the ability to impart tannins or other olfactory elements into the wine. They are used for fermentation  aging and allow for the most minute amouts of oxidation into the wines.