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 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling