2015 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
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Ripe apple laced with lime and garlanded with heliotrope and lily make for a delectably site-typical nose and a subtly creamy yet generously juicy midpalate. This finishes with surprisingly prominent sweetness for a Selbach Kabinett, though that serves to reinforce a seductive and hauntingly persistent sense of liquid perfume. While more harmonious and open early on than its Schlossberg counterpart, this too is likely to gain significantly with time in bottle.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
David Schildknecht, Vinous
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The 2015 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett is super clear and smoky on the nose, with ripe white peach flavors intermixed with flinty notes. The wine is clear, piquant and elegant on the palate, round and very lush, and finishes with a nice grip and lingering salinity. It the sweetest of the Kabinett bottlings and I would cellar it for at ten years.