Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett Nr60
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Vietnamese cuisine, classic roasted pork belly with apple compote, and fresh shellfish or Dungeness crab.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Scharzhofberg is arguably Germany's most famous vineyard, a legendary south-facing slope of weathered grey Devonian slate in the cool Saar valley. Egon Müller's stewardship of this grand terroir has elevated their Rieslings to mythical status. Originally cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of St. Paul in Trier during the Middle Ages, the estate was acquired by the Müller family in 1797. The Scharzhofberger Kabinett is crafted from 100% Riesling, fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional large oak casks known as Fuder. It is celebrated worldwide for its breathtaking tension, balancing delicate residual sweetness with a vibrant, electric acidity and intense, smoky slate minerality. This wine represents the absolute pinnacle of the traditional, light-bodied yet incredibly complex Mosel Kabinett style.
🍾 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.