Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese Alte Reben Nr 6
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted duck with fruit glaze, and rich blue cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from one of the wine world's most sacred sites, the Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, this legendary Riesling is crafted by the iconic Egon Müller estate. The history of the Scharzhof estate stretches back to the medieval monks of St. Pauli monastery in Trier, with the Müller family stewardship beginning in 1797. This rare 'Alte Reben' (Old Vines) bottling is sourced from ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines that dig deep into the weathered grey Devonian slate soils. In the cool microclimate of the Saar, these old vines yield minuscule quantities of highly concentrated fruit. Fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts in traditional 1,000-liter oak 'Fuder' casks, the wine represents the pinnacle of the Spätlese category, balancing an ethereal sweetness with a piercing, electric acidity and a profound, smoky mineral depth that is uniquely Scharzhofberg.
🍾 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