Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2023 070226ROBUST Emmanuel Rouget trained for decades

Emmanuel Rouget trained for decades under his uncle Henri Jayer — whose Cros Parantoux and Echezeaux helped define the modern grammar of great Burgundy — and inherited Jayer's vines

Fermented in stainless

All local botanicals are hand harvested and dried and infused separately to ensure the right amount of extraction

Vignettes is one of their special parcel-driven roses

just with more spice and sunshine in the glass

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2023 070226ROBUST Emmanuel Rouget trained for decadesKabinett is the Mosel's greatest trick: a wine under 10% alcohol that tastes gently sweet and yet finishes utterly refreshing. Selbach Oster draws this one mostly from the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, the steep blue slate sundial slope that is about as good as Mosel real estate gets, and ferments it naturally in old Fuder, the big neutral casks the region has leaned on for generations. The Selbachs have been doing this in Zeltingen for something like 400