Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nr3
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts (especially pear or apricot), or rich, savory delicacies like foie gras.
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the Saar valley, a sub-region of the Mosel, lies the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard, widely regarded as one of the greatest white wine terroirs on Earth. Cultivated since monastic times in the 11th century, this south-facing slope of grey and red Devonian slate is the spiritual home of Egon Müller. The estate's history is steeped in lore, dating back to 1797 when Jean-Jacques Koch acquired the estate after French revolutionary forces secularized church properties. Today, under Egon Müller IV, the estate produces this mythical Auslese Goldkapsel. Crafted from 100% Riesling, often from extremely old, ungrafted vines, this wine is made only in exceptional vintages where noble rot (botrytis) develops perfectly. The 'Goldkapsel' (Gold Capsule) denotes an auction-reserve bottling of extraordinary concentration, sweetness, and acidity. Fermented in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, it represents the absolute pinnacle of Mosel Riesling, balancing intense, honeyed richness with a crystalline, saline minerality and electric 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.