A glass of heaven from the Mosel

This Mosel is nine quid a bottle if you buy it by the case, says Matthew Jukes – a small price to pay for a glass of heaven.

Matthew Jukes
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2015 Berry Bros. & Rudd, Mosel Riesling Kabinett by Selbach-Oster, Germany (£10.25, reduced to £9.05 each by the case, BBR.com, 0800-280 2440).

It's about time I headed back to Germany to recommend a summery white wine for your sipping pleasure. There is no doubt that we, in the UK, are spoilt for choice with wines from every corner of the planet crowding our shelves. There is also no doubt that we often ignore the very great wines made on our doorstep. German riesling is obviously a legendary category of white wine, but how many bottles do you actually consume at home? Has Australian riesling, from the Clare or Eden Valleys, captured your heart and torn you away from the blushing German beauties?

Fear not, because as amazing as all world riesling styles are, nothing compares to the swooningly pretty wines made in the Mosel. Here, you are not confronted with bone-dry acidity as you are with the Aussie creations, but with silky, gossamer-smooth, fruity tones, water-white colours and graceful aromatics. Selbach-Oster's wine is sensational so effortlessly calm and magical you will not believe it. It is also nine quid a bottle if you buy it by the case a small price to pay for a glass of heaven.

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Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (MatthewJukes.com).

Matthew Jukes
Matthew Jukes

Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.  

Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.

He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.

Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’.  He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner. 

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy.  His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.

 

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