Scharzhofberger Riesling Eiswein Nr11
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, fruit-based desserts like apple tarte tatin, or served on its own as a sublime digestif.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, Egon Müller's Eiswein is the stuff of winemaking legend. The estate itself traces its history back to the medieval monastery of St. Pauli in Trier, but it is the Müller family's meticulous standards that have elevated it to global icon status. Eiswein is a high-stakes gamble with nature: 100% Riesling grapes are left on the vine into the freezing depths of winter, waiting for temperatures to drop below -7 degrees Celsius. Harvested by hand in the freezing dark of early morning, the grapes are pressed while still frozen, yielding a tiny quantity of highly concentrated, intensely sweet nectar balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity. The slate-rich soils of the Scharzhofberg impart a distinct mineral tension, making this one of the most complex, rare, and sought-after sweet wines in the world.
🍾 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.