Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Auktion
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2065
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses, rich foie gras, or artisanal fruit tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the steep, slate-rich slopes of the Saar, the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard produces some of the most coveted white wines on earth. Egon Muller's Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Auktion represents the absolute pinnacle of this historic estate's craft. Sourced from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected grapes and sold exclusively at the prestigious annual VDP auction in Trier, this wine is a masterclass in tension. The estate's history dates back to 1797 when Jean-Jacques Koch acquired the secularized monastery land. Today, under Egon Muller IV, the estate preserves traditional fuder fermentation and minimal intervention. The combination of ancient, ungrafted vines, cool Saar winds, and iron-rich grey slate soils yields a wine of profound complexity, marrying luscious, honeyed sweetness with an electric, mineral-driven acidity that defies gravity.
🍾 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.