Scharzhof Riesling Auslese Fuder 18 Auktion
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich duck liver pâté or foie gras, and aromatic, moderately spiced Sichuan or Thai seafood dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
The estate of Egon Müller, nestled in the Saar valley of the Mosel, is widely regarded as the spiritual home of noble sweet Riesling. With roots tracing back to the medieval monastery of St. Paul in Trier, the estate survived the French Revolution to become a global beacon of winemaking excellence. The Scharzhof Riesling Auslese Fuder 18 Auktion represents an ultra-exclusive, auction-only bottling of legendary status. Sourced from the steep, weathered Devonian slate slopes of the iconic Scharzhofberg vineyard, this wine is fermented in traditional 1,000-liter oak casks known as Fuder. Cask 18 is historically selected for its extraordinary balance of rich noble rot and the piercing, electric acidity characteristic of the cool Saar climate. The result is a wine of unmatched complexity, offering notes of candied citrus, wild honey, and intense stony minerality, preserved by a natural sweetness that remains perfectly weightless on the palate.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Egon Müller-Scharzhof traces its heritage to 1797 when Jean-Jacques Koch acquired the historic estate, nestled in Wiltingen along the Saar valley within Germany's famed Mosel region. Handed down across generations, the estate is celebrated globally under the stewardship of Egon Müller IV, who maintains a deeply traditional approach emphasizing pristine vineyard management, late harvesting, and minimal cellar intervention. The estate is crowned by its holdings in the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard, home to pre-phylloxera, ungrafted Riesling vines grown on steep, slate soils. Egon Müller is globally acclaimed for producing arguably the purest, most ageworthy, and aristocratic sweet Rieslings in existence, ranging from exquisite Spätlese and Auslese to mythical, auction-commanding Trockenbeerenauslese expressions.