Scharzhof Riesling QBA Nr2
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, classic roasted pork belly, and fresh shellfish such as crab or scallops.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the legendary Saar valley in the Mosel region, Egon Müller's Scharzhof Riesling QbA represents the entry point into one of the world's most revered wine estates. The Müller family's connection to the historic Scharzhof estate dates back to 1797, when they acquired the land following its confiscation from the church during the French Revolution. This estate bottling is crafted from 100% Riesling grapes grown in cooler, slate-rich vineyards across Wiltingen, Oberemmel, and Saarburg, including younger vines from the iconic Scharzhofberg hill. Fermented in traditional large oak casks using indigenous yeasts, this wine captures the quintessential Saar style: a breathtaking tension between vibrant, electric acidity and delicate residual sweetness, underpinned by a profound, smoky slate minerality and notes of green apple, white peach, and wet stone.
🍾 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