Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Nr20
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic fruit-based desserts like pear or peach tarts, rich foie gras, and artisanal blue cheeses such as Roquefort.
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the Saar valley, a tributary of the Mosel, lies the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard, widely regarded as one of the greatest white wine terroirs on Earth. Cultivated since Roman times and once managed by the medieval monastery of St. Pauli, the estate was acquired by the Müller family in 1797 following the French Revolution. Here, Egon Müller crafts 100% Riesling masterpieces that defy time. The Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese is born from late-harvested grapes, frequently touched by noble rot (botrytis), grown on steep, weathered grey slate slopes. Fermented in traditional neutral oak fuders, the wine achieves a sublime tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and a crystalline, electric acidity. The specific 'Nr' designations, such as the highly coveted Nr. 20, represent exceptional auction-grade casks or Goldkapsel bottlings that showcase the absolute pinnacle of botrytised complexity and concentration.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Egon Müller-Scharzhof, established in 1797 following the secularization of monastic holdings along the Saar, stands as a paragon of classical German viticulture. Situated in Wiltingen within the cooler Mosel tributary corridor, the estate centers upon the world-renowned Scharzhofberg and Le Gallais' monopole parcel in Wiltinger Braune Kupp. These south-facing, steep amphitheaters feature weathered Devonian grey and red slate interspersed with quartzite and iron-rich veins. Viticulture follows traditional, sustainable principles emphasizing rigorous plow cultivation, absence of chemical fertilizers or herbicides, low yields, and preservation of centenarian ungrafted vines. Winemaker Egon Müller IV champions a purist, non-interventionist cellar ethos where wild yeasts, traditional neutral oak fuders, and unmanipulated fermentation dictate pace. Famed for benchmark Spätlese, Auslese, and celestial botrytized Prädikat bottlings—including world-record Trockenbeerenauslesen—the wines exude filigreed tension, soaring mineral salinity, ethereal residual sweetness, and virtually limitless longevity.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling