Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 Esthers Stéphane Regnault’s *Brut Chromatique* series

Stéphane Regnault’s *Brut Chromatique* series showcases the diversity of his Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte des Blancs

it's worth following

A serious wine with a serious pedigree

and a saline finish that begs for the next sip

Gentler and more aromatic than the big city amari

Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Zeltinger Alte Reben Trocken 2023 Esthers Stéphane Regnault’s *Brut Chromatique* seriesThe Selbachs have been growing Riesling in Zeltingen for roughly four centuries, which means Johannes Selbach and his son Sebastian know exactly which rows are worth keeping. This dry bottling draws on vines averaging around sixty years old across the village's best slate slopes Schlossberg, Himmelreich and the Sonnenuhr and ages in big old Mosel casks rather than steel. Old vines make less fruit and more concentration; old wood lets the wine breathe