Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett Nr4
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, classic roasted pork belly with crackling, and fresh seafood such as pan-seared scallops with lemon-herb butter.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett is one of the most revered white wines in the world, originating from the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley of the Mosel region. This steep, south-facing grand cru site, rich in weathered grey slate, has a viticultural history dating back to the 11th-century Benedictine monks of St. Paul in Trier. The Müller family has preserved these traditional methods since 1797. The Kabinett is crafted from 100% Riesling, fermented in traditional old oak Fuder casks with native yeasts. It represents the pinnacle of the classic Saar style: an ethereal, low-alcohol masterpiece balancing electric, vibrant acidity with delicate residual sweetness, showing notes of white peach, green apple, crushed slate, and white flowers.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling