Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 October2023Reductions Crushed citrus leaf makes the

Crushed citrus leaf makes the first aromatic impression

L'Échappée Belle means something like 'the great escape

After earning his PhD in terroir from the Paris Center of Agriculture

this rare white from Domaine de l'Arlot captures the limestone-kissed minerality of Burgundy's north

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 October2023Reductions Crushed citrus leaf makes theThe Selbachs have been growing Riesling in Zeltingen for roughly four centuries, which means Johannes Selbach and his son Sebastian know exactly which rows are worth keeping. This dry bottling draws on vines averaging around sixty years old across the village's best slate slopes Schlossberg, Himmelreich and the Sonnenuhr and ages in big old Mosel casks rather than steel. Old vines make less fruit and more concentration; old wood lets the wine breathe