Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Nr27
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic foie gras terrine, artisanal blue cheeses like Roquefort, and elegant fruit tarts featuring peaches or apricots.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese is a legendary elixir born from one of the wine world’s most revered terroirs. Located in the Saar valley, a tributary of the Mosel, the Scharzhofberg vineyard is famed for its steep, south-facing slopes of weathered grey slate. The history of the estate stretches back to the medieval monks of the Abbey of St. Paul in Trier, but it was the Müller family who elevated it to global stardom after acquiring the property in the late 18th century. Crafted from 100% Riesling, this Auslese is made from meticulously hand-selected grapes, often affected by noble rot (botrytis). Fermented in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, the wine achieves a breathtaking tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and a piercing, electric mineral acidity that is unique to the cool Saar microclimate.
🍾 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.