2013 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese**

“I am very pleased with the 2013s,” explained Johannes Selbach. “It was a lot of work for only a fraction of a normal crop,” he told me as we were retasting some of his Rieslings earlier this year, “but they have matured even better than I had thought at harvest.” After the excellent 2012s, this is another good effort from this estate in Zeltingen, capped by two Ausleses from small plots in his finest vineyards, Anrecht and Schmitt, and a stunning Trockenbeerenauslese. Like Ernie Loosen, Selbach also spends a lot of time on the road talking to consumers, which has enabled him to discern between expressed and actual preferences. That's why his Kabinetts remain light, pure, barely sweet and very fairly priced.