Scharzhofberger Riesling BA Nr39
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Typically best enjoyed from 15 to 50+ years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can easily cellar for a century.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, artisanal fruit tarts (particularly pear, apricot, or quince), and rich foie gras terrines.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1797 when the Müller family acquired the historic estate, Weingut Egon Müller-Scharzhof is located in Wiltingen within the Saar sub-region of the Mosel, Germany. Today, the estate is meticulously managed by Egon Müller IV, who continues a multi-generational legacy of producing some of the world's most coveted and long-lived white wines. The winery is legendary for its peerless Rieslings sourced from the steep, slate-rich slopes of the iconic Scharzhofberg vineyard, as well as the Wiltinger Braune Kupp site under the Le Gallais label. Emphasizing traditional, low-intervention cellar practices and old, ungrafted vines, Egon Müller crafts exceptionally precise, mineral-driven, and exquisitely balanced Rieslings ranging from crisp QbA to legendary, auction-grade Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslese expressions.