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Bert Selbach, the witty and wryly insightful bachelor who has been in charge here almost singlehandedly for four decades, delivered his final collection in 2015. I was imagining him enjoying in retirement the same memorable view of the Mosel and Wehlen’s Sonnenuhr that comes immediately to mind when I think of this estate or its immediate neighbor on Uferalle, that of Joh. Jos. Prüm. Selbach disabused me of that notion: “What? And keep rattling around alone in this big house? Besides,” he reported, “I want to be close to an airport for getaways, so I’ll be moving to Trier.” Selbach’s share of Prälat was sold to Ernst Loosen and his prime parcels in Wehlen and Graach are going to Katharina Prüm and her husband Wilhelm Steifensand (destined, as far as I am aware, for inclusion in the Joh. Jos. Prüm wines). Selbach was happy to go out on what he deemed a virtually ideal growing season. He reported 100 percent healthy fruit, and as my notes reveal, despite relatively early picking at modest must weights (which is typical for him), the flavors of these 2015s are more than ripe enough. “Noteworthy about 2015,” remarked Selbach, “is that the acid levels are so high yet so ripe. There are vintages with 8.5 acidity where it’s tart and grating, whereas here higher acids than that are animating and harmonious.” As I wrote in connection with my report on his 2014s, Selbach’s style will be sorely missed, especially since so few Middle Mosel growers any longer render alcoholically lightweight but legally dry or only very subtly sweet Rieslings, and even fewer with anything approaching the finesse, polish and transparency typical of Weins-Prüm wines. There has seldom if ever been a collection at this address better suited to showcasing that style and its virtues. (I missed out on tasting a generic bottling as well as a residually sweet Domprobst Kabinett that had sold out early on without remainder.)

From Mosel 2015: Rain in the Nick of Time (Jun 2017) by David Schildknecht

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2015 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett trocken

Release Price: $27

Color: White

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