On Mar 2, 12:17 am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Me, too. With Jean around, it's hard to keep any white wine in the
> cellar for more than a few years. Hopefully, as we purchase more
> Rieslings, Chenin and Muscadet, that'll change. That '02
> Zeltinger-Sonnenuhur was a lovely wine...

That last comment helped my willpower jump out of the window. Got my
first grad school acceptance earlier this week, so celebrated by
breaking into a 2002 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese*.

And... wow. Bigger, richer and more intense than the Schlossberg, but
still so light and elegant on its feet. A slightly different and more
complex flavour profile as well, with some yellow plums and peach
flavours, vanilla and woodsy herbal notes along with the apple,
flowers and slate notes that I normally get in Selbach-Oster's wines.
Really good acidity here, and an incredibly long finish. Another knock-
out (and I preferred this to the Schlossberg, which was a real stunner
as well).

Cheers,

Salil