WTN: Grin and beerenauslese

[David M. Bueker]

1995 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Beerenauslese - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (11/15/2020)
A 1995 Selbach-Oster kickstarted my fascination with German Riesling. This bottle of beerenauslese is a most worthy successor. It’s pretty much an ideal BA, merging honey, spice and ripe peachy fruit all backed up by ripping acidity that ensures a decidedly sweet wine never feels sugary. Each sip compels the next, and before barely any time has elapsed the bottle is empty. Luscious and invigorating at the same time.

Did you mean 1985 kick-started your German wine interest? I bought Adam Albert Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen and Hattenheimer Hassel BAs in the 1971 and 1976 vintages. Magnificent wines in the 1990s. Long gone now, alas. I should look into opening some BAs and TBAs from the 1980s and 1990s that are still kicking around in my cellar.

-Paul W.

[David M. Bueker]

Nope. 1995. I had enjoyed other German wines prior to that seminal bottle of 1995 Selbach-Oster Auslese, but it really changed things for me, and also for Laura, who caught the German Riesling bug with that bottle.

I should look into opening some BAs and TBAs from the 1980s and 1990s that are still kicking around in my cellar.

-Paul W.

Sounds great! I'll be right over.