Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Auction 10
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras, or elegant fruit-based tarts and stone fruit desserts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the steep, slate-rich slopes of the Saar, the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard produces what many consider the absolute pinnacle of German Riesling. The estate of Egon Müller, with history tracing back to the late 18th century when the family acquired the former monastery lands, is synonymous with peerless quality. The Auslese Goldkapsel Auction bottling represents an ultra-rare, highly coveted selection of botrytis-affected grapes, sold exclusively at the prestigious Trier wine auctions. Fermented in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, this 100% Riesling marries intense, honeyed sweetness with a vibrant, electric core of acidity and deep mineral tension derived from the Devonian slate soils. It is a legendary wine of folklore, celebrated globally for its unmatched purity, complexity, and near-immortal aging capacity.
🍾 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