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 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.