J & H Selbach Weinkellerei Riesling Feinherb

J & H Selbach Weinkellerei Riesling Feinherb has a cool nose with aromas of wild herbs and a little fresh and candied citrus fruit in the background. Clean as a whistle, the animated palate offers more candied citrus fruit with a slightly bitter/pithy edge to the delicate fruit sweetness. Exciting and vibrant, this Riesling Feinherb really grabs your attention with its slender body and solid, mineral core. The very long finish supplies more softly honeyed white fruit and pithy citrus, with a continuing thread of saline and slatey minerality.

Country: Germany
Region: Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Vintage: 2017
Colour: White
Grape Variety: Riesling
ABV: 12%
Bottle Size: 75cl
Closure: Natural cork
Style: Excitement for your taste buds
Drink With: Thai crab salad

This classic Selbach Mosel Riesling that was grown in the slate soils around Zeltingen is classed as Feinherb, a relatively new designation for wines that are off-dry (akin to Halbtrocken some years ago). Here the residual sugar is 15g/l and it is this sugar that really helps carry the fruity qualities of the Riesling grape. After hand harvesting, the juice was fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel vats.