Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Trocken Grosses Gewachs 2023 Grower Champagne A small wine with big

A small wine with big intent

Ryan Deovlet's Chardonnay philosophy shines brightly in this Zotovich Family Vineyard expression

fermented in stainless and aged in neutral wood with a nod to Dauvissat and Raveneau

Prohibition and fashion buried the grape

Initially matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Trocken Grosses Gewachs 2023 Grower Champagne A small wine with bigThe Zeltinger Sonnenuhr the sundial vineyard is one of the Mosel's monuments: a wall of blue slate so steep that picking it is closer to rock climbing than farming. This is Selbach Oster's Grosses Gewchs, the dry wine from their best mid slope parcels, including vines still growing on their original ungrafted roots. It rests on its lees for the better part of a year, which gives it a breadth and texture you don't expect from a grape this high strung.