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 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.