The Winery Selbach-Oster of Mosel

Winery Selbach-Oster
The winery offers 107 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 25 of the estates of Mosel.
It is located in Mosel

The Winery Selbach-Oster is one of the world's great estates. It offers 107 wines for sale in of Mosel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Located in the Moselle Valley, in the northeastern region of Germany, the Selbach-Oster wine estate is imbued with a rich winegrowing heritage dating back more than 400 years. The irresistible characteristic of this estate is its ideal location. It stretches along the southern slopes of the Moselle, providing the vineyards with perfect sun exposure, crucial for the ripening of the grapes. The Selbach-Oster estate encompasses around 24 hectares of vineyards, mostly planted with Riesling, the emblematic grape variety of the Moselle region. This variety, highly suited to the region's slate soils, lends the wines an unrivalled depth of flavor and aromatic complexity. The estate produces a range of wines, from dry and mineral wines to sumptuous selections of noble grains, along with dessert wines. In terms of viticulture, the Selbach-Oster estate has been run by the Selbach family for generations. Today, Johannes Selbach and his partner Barbara head the estate, perpetuating traditional winemaking techniques, coupled with a modern sensitivity for sustainable agriculture. They cultivate the vines with care, respecting the mystical energy of the land and the Moselle's climate, to produce wines of great elegance, marked by their terroir. Visiting the Selbach-Oster estate, one is instantly charmed by the picturesque beauty of its vineyards, the deep, ancient cellars filled with barrels, and its timeless atmosphere. Tasting the wines is a true experience, marked by the discovery of the various expressions of Riesling.

Top Winery Selbach-Oster wines

Looking for the best Winery Selbach-Oster wines in Mosel among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Selbach-Oster wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Selbach-Oster wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Selbach-Oster

How Winery Selbach-Oster wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of very simple spaghetti carbonara, paella for dummies (simple and delicious) or chicken with rice and curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

On the nose the white wine of Winery Selbach-Oster. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Selbach-Oster. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

  • 2003With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Selbach-Oster.

  • Riesling
  • Spätburgunder
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Grauburgunder
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Silvaner

Discovering the wine region of Mosel

Mosel is the most famous of Germany's 13 official wine regions, and also the third largest in terms of production. As with many German regions, it is most aasociated with a range of wine styles made from the Riesling grape variety, but Müller-Thurgau is also widely planted. The best Mosel Riesling wines are some of the finest whites in the world. Light and low in Alcohol, they can be intensely fragrant with beguiling Floral">floral and Mineral notes, and a wonderful Balance of sweetness and Acidity.

The region follows the path of the Mosel river from its confluence with the Rhine river near Koblenz, upstream and south-west to Germany's border with Luxembourg and France. This region also includes the Saar and Ruwer tributaries, and was formerly known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer until August 2007, when the name was officially shortened to Mosel. Some of the famous wine villages along the valley include Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Erden, Graach and Piesport, to name but five. Furthermore, the region boasts some of the finest and most picturesque Vineyards in Europe.

The Romans planted the first vineyards along the Mosel river and the city of Trier around the second century. Today, this region is known for its steep slopes overlooking the rivers, on which the vineyards are planted. Bremmer Calmont, located in the town of Bremm, has an incline of up to 68°. It has often been cited as the steepest vineyard site in the world, though the Engelsfelden vineyard in the Bühler Valley (Bühlertal) in the Baden region is documented at 75°.

The top sweet wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Selbach-Oster

How Winery Selbach-Oster wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of baked dumplings, garlic shrimp or mullet with onions and white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Selbach-Oster. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

  • 0With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Selbach-Oster.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Weissburgunder

The top red wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Selbach-Oster

How Winery Selbach-Oster wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of rigatoni with courgettes and tomatoes, veal shank in a pot au feu with star anise or coconut beans.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Selbach-Oster. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Selbach-Oster.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Dornfelder

The word of the wine: Bâtonnage

A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Selbach-Oster

How Winery Selbach-Oster wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese), marinated raw salmon ('gravad lax' in swedish) or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Selbach-Oster. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Selbach-Oster

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Selbach-Oster.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Selbach-Oster

Planning a wine route in the of Mosel? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Selbach-Oster.

Discover the grape variety: Silvaner