Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 tag and this is Volnay with

and this is Volnay with a spine

roasting the agave in an earthen pit

this is a piece of California wine history rather than a current wine

The grapes are small with thick skins

the famously steep Mareuil-sur-Aÿ vineyard that gives one of Champagne's most singular cuvées

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 tag and this is Volnay withThe 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