S-O is among the greatest wineries in the world. No matter the price, they make some of my favorite wines anywhere. Add in the fact that they are remarkably affordable and I hardly know what to do with myself.
I can’t think of one winery that offers better QPR across the board.
Very good to excellent, and getting better at a steady rate. Often a bargain.
I especially like the “Schmitt” Spätlese. The '10 Auslesen are destined to become classics, but will need lots of time.
What little experience I have with this winery, the following 2 wines I have in my cellar and are fantastic. Go to rieslings for me.
2007 Selbach-Oster Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett trocken
2007 Selbach-Oster Riesling feinherb #26
First impression is that a new comer with 1 post seems like fishing. S-O has been a rock solid producer and shipper of German riesling for years, with many TN and posts, doing a search should give you ample information on this producer.
I would say a very solid producer but not in the first tier given the stiff, stiff competition in the Mosel, and in Germany more generally. By world standards, it’s hard to go wrong with anything German that makes it to the U.S., but you can do better.
Take it easy, Jason. From this perspective most general inquiries or TN’s would be fishy as first posts. Maybe he just received a good offer in the mail?
Selbach-Oster is one of my favorite wineries in Germany (and the world). While they may not best the suuperstars, the wines are always excellent. The overall value for the money is unmatched in my opinion. The single parcel, block picked bottlings (Schmitt, Rotlay, Anrecht) compete with many of Germany’s best wines. You really cannot go wrong with Selbach-Oster.
I know, I know, I didn’t mean to come off as a dick but it kinda sounds that way…
It just seemed weird the way it was posted, not something like ‘hey new to the board and Riesling, what do you all think?’ or ‘long time reader, first time poster’ instead as a first post is just ‘what do you think of SO’, seems weird that’s all.
And to the OP, sincerely, welcome to the board and if you stick around SO is talked about enough to help guide you in the future.
Johannes Selbach is the gracious and generous son of wonderfully gracious parents—
understands not only the American language, but the culture that brought it to evolve—
impeccable winegrowing skills—I always found his experiments interesting,
and the current batch of traditionally elaborated wines are delicious beyond reproach—
this true at least since the 1996 vintage.
Ironically my very last post on the Squires board before being driven from it for not subscribing was to agree with Mark Squires that Selbach Oster is generally underrated and is a great value.