Le Gallais Wiltinger Braune Kupp Auslese Goldkapsel Versteigerung Nr12
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15–50+ years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared foie gras with spiced apricot reduction, roquefort or stilton blue cheeses, peach tarte tatin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the precipitous red and grey Devonian slate slopes of the Wiltinger Braune Kupp along the Saar, this rare auction (Versteigerung) Goldkapsel Auslese represents a meticulous micro-selection of botrytis-affected clusters. Hand-harvested across individual passes on single-stake vines, the must undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in traditional neutral 1,000-liter oak Fuder casks. Held back exclusively for the annual Grosser Ring VDP auction, the cuvée balances soaring noble sweetness against the piercing, steely acidity characteristic of the cooler Saar microclimate, resulting in an aristocratic profile laced with slate minerality, candied stone fruit, and remarkable cellar potential.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Egon Müller-Scharzhof, established in 1797 following the secularization of monastic holdings along the Saar, stands as a paragon of classical German viticulture. Situated in Wiltingen within the cooler Mosel tributary corridor, the estate centers upon the world-renowned Scharzhofberg and Le Gallais' monopole parcel in Wiltinger Braune Kupp. These south-facing, steep amphitheaters feature weathered Devonian grey and red slate interspersed with quartzite and iron-rich veins. Viticulture follows traditional, sustainable principles emphasizing rigorous plow cultivation, absence of chemical fertilizers or herbicides, low yields, and preservation of centenarian ungrafted vines. Winemaker Egon Müller IV champions a purist, non-interventionist cellar ethos where wild yeasts, traditional neutral oak fuders, and unmanipulated fermentation dictate pace. Famed for benchmark Spätlese, Auslese, and celestial botrytized Prädikat bottlings—including world-record Trockenbeerenauslesen—the wines exude filigreed tension, soaring mineral salinity, ethereal residual sweetness, and virtually limitless longevity.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling
🍷 ABV
7.5% - 8.5%