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, 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling