Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Fuder 9
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts, or rich, savory dishes like foie gras.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberg is the crown jewel of the Saar valley, a tributary of the Mosel. This legendary estate, managed by the Müller family since 1797 following its confiscation from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul during the French Revolution, produces some of the world's most coveted white wines. The Scharzhofberg vineyard itself is a steep, south-facing slope of weathered grey Devonian slate, boasting a cool microclimate that allows Riesling grapes to ripen slowly while retaining electric acidity. The 'Fuder 9' designation indicates a specific, highly prized cask bottling, often reserved for the historic Trier wine auctions. This Auslese is crafted from meticulously hand-selected, botrytised grapes, resulting in a wine of breathtaking tension, where intense, honeyed sweetness is perfectly counterbalanced by a crystalline, saline minerality and vibrant acidity.
🍾 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