2018 Selbach-Oster - Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling BA AP 2
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Tasted from bottle in September 2020, the 2018 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Beerenauslese is another precise, elegant, intense and very salty noble sweet wine based on perfect botrytis raisins. The wine has a bright white-yellow color and opens with concentrated but refreshing lime zest and crushed slate notes intertwined with fine raisin aromas. What precision from the nose to the finish here. Attention, this is highly digestible. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
David Schildknecht, Vinous
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An opening nasal prickle suggesting lime peel, poire distillate and wood smoke seems to reflect the influence both of botrytis and of the site. The glossy palate offers a superb combination of richness and brightness, suggesting vanilla cream, apple jelly and white raisin, but also tangy lime and grapefruit. It’s clear that once berry shriveling proceeded to this point, acids were concentrated along with sugar and dry extract. The prodigious finish exhibits an astonishing layering of confectionary, confitured and fresh-fruited elements haunted by smoke and floral perfume, delivering memorable vibrancy as well as sumptuous richness. (Regrettably, I was not given an opportunity to taste the corresponding Sonnenuhr bottling.)