Scharzhofberger Riesling BA Nr39
⏳ Drinking Window
2030 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts (particularly pear, apricot, or quince), and rich foie gras terrines.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger Riesling Beerenauslese represents the absolute pinnacle of sweet winemaking in the Saar valley of the Mosel. The Scharzhofberg vineyard, once cultivated by medieval monks from the Abbey of St. Paul in Trier, is legendary for its cold winds and deep, weathered grey slate soils. This unique terroir preserves a searing, electric acidity that perfectly balances the intense sweetness of botrytised Riesling grapes. Hand-harvested berry by berry, this rare Beerenauslese—often designated by specific cask numbers like 'Nr 39' for auction—is fermented in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks. The result is a wine of mythical status, offering an ethereal combination of honeyed richness, wild herbs, white peaches, and an unmatched mineral tension.
🍾 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.