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96 WA.
"From a very steep and stony vineyard close to the Mosel river, the 2015 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Rotlay had the highest infection of botrytis of the single-plot trio. The wine opens with a clear, perfectly ripe, intense and spicy mirabelle and grapefruit bouquet with delicate flinty slate aromas. Round, lush and sweet this is a generous and mouth-watering Auslese with a piquant acidity, a good mineral grip. The finish is intense, very long, pure and salty, full of grip and tension. This wine is enormously rich, but not fat and it just needs 15-20 years of bottle age to become a legend . . . . Johannes Selbach calls 2015 a "picture-book vintage." Harvest started September 9 and was finished October 31. "In 2015, there was no need to care about the weather forecast; we could pick whatever and whenever we wanted. There was no rush and the grapes were just perfect—very good looking and gorgeous to taste. Botrytis came very late in 2015 and was perfectly clear." The result is a world-class series of Auslese Rieslings, some great Spätlesen and perhaps the finest TBA from Pinot Blanc that I have ever tasted!" Wine Advocate #230, Apr 2017 |