The 2019 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese Schmitt is, salty, very precise and elegant Schmitt with a long and intense, sweet and concentrated finish. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.

The 2018 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese Schmitt is deep, fine and complex on the coolish, refreshing, pure and stony nose with its crunchy slate, coolish herbal and even forest notes that enrich the highly refined and elegant Riesling fruit that was picked around the middle of October. Lush, intense and very complex on the palate, this is an energetic, salty-piquant and tensioned grand cru with lingering piquancy and salinity. Absolutely gorgeous and complex. A great vin de terroir. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.

The 2017 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese Schmitt is clear and noble on the flinty but slightly reductive nose. Lush and generous but shining and clear, precise and piquant on the palate, this is a charmingly elegant, finessed and salty Riesling of great class and style. This is a bright and beautiful Riesling from a single plot behind the church of Zeltingen. Bottled in May 2018. Tasted in March 2019.

Lush and almost creamy in texture, with baked pineapple and custard flavors that are joined by orange blossom honey and glazed apricot notes. Ample acidity gives this freshness, resonating with floral and slate elements on the inviting finish. Drink now through 2038. 42 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Germany / Mosel Select to Add

The 2016 Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Auslese "Schmitt" (AP 24 17) is a very clear, fresh and precise on the nose, with very fine mineral aromas of crunchy slate. This reminds me a bit of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr in its finesse, perfectly ripe fruit and the finest possible expression of minerals in wine. This is the finest Schmitt I have ever had and surely one of the greatest 2016s from the Mosel. Its finesse and elegance are mind-blowing.