Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 October2023Reductions Terah Bajjalieh

Terah Bajjalieh

The grains are non-GMO

and the 2019 is a standout: a warm vintage handled with precision

L'Échappée Belle means something like 'the great escape

180 barrels were filled—100 ex-Mellowed Kozuru rice shochu barrels

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 October2023Reductions Terah BajjaliehThe Selbachs have been growing Riesling in Zeltingen for roughly four centuries, which means Johannes Selbach and his son Sebastian know exactly which rows are worth keeping. This dry bottling draws on vines averaging around sixty years old across the village's best slate slopes Schlossberg, Himmelreich and the Sonnenuhr and ages in big old Mosel casks rather than steel. Old vines make less fruit and more concentration; old wood lets the wine breathe