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Very clear color, pure and flinty nose with Cox's orange apple aromas. The pallet is juicy and delicate, with a very fine and vivacious acidity. Vintage in image may vary. Refer to wine facts for current vintage.
Himmelreich (“Kingdom of Heaven”) is the largest of the three single vineyards / crus / appellations in the town of Zeltingen. Himmelreich stretches from the steep slope behind mid-village, where it borders Schlossberg, to about a mile downstream in the direction of f Erden and Uerzig.
The steep part of Himmelreich bordering Schlossberg is of superb quality, facing due south, with chunky slate on top of the deep slate bedrock. As the Mosel meanders towards Uerzig, Himmeleich follows the bend in the river, turns southwest and finally west and becomes continuously less steep while some loam and, further downstream, some alluvial river deposit sits on top of the blue Devonian slate which forms the bedrock beneath
12,000 bottles
Johannes Selbach, Klaus-Rainer Schaefer
J. & H. Selbach GmbH & Co. KG
750 mL
30 years
6,000 vines/ha
Yes
By Hand
No maceration, cold fermentation
9%
2016
GERMANY
Riesling
GR29
