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

and Tessons sits in the sweet spot: enough lift and reduction to feel taut

Gaudium (Latin for joy) comes from tiny old-vine plots scattered across Rioja Alta and the high terraces of Rioja Alavesa

Gentler and more aromatic than the big city amari

and Gohyakumangoku) with five different yeasts

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