Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese

Score

94

"The 2017 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese is clear and earthy on the nose that displays a very fine and flinty aroma of golden-yellow Riesling berries. On the palate, this is a highly finessed and juicy Spätlese that is so filigreed, light-footed and charming that I couldn't manage to spit it out—it's a natural reflex to swallow this extremely stimulating Riesling with 8% alcohol. This is Mosel Riesling at its very best. Gorgeous."

Score

93

"Focused and precise, with an expansive palate, boasting racy and dense character. Displays juicy apple, brown spice and mineral aromas and flavors on a bracing structure. Compact and firm on the finish, with a lingering aftertaste. Very complex, this is for the long term. Best from 2021 through 2037. 150 cases imported."

Score

90

"A bright lemon-yellow color already indicates the 2012 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese was made without a single botrytis berry, as Barbara Selbach puts it. Picked November 5 and bottled with 8% alcohol and 70 grams per liter residual sugar, the clear bouquet reveals herbal notes along with bright fruit flavors leading to a quite sweet and elegant wine with a nice but rather gentle acidity. The finish is salty, stimulating and piquant, although for my personal taste less sugar would have allowed it more tension"