Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese Fuder 18 Auction
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine such as Thai green curry, classic glazed roast duck, or mature blue cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Muller's Scharzhofberg is the crown jewel of the Saar valley in the Mosel region, a steep, south-facing slope of weathered grey slate that has yielded legendary Rieslings since medieval times when it was cultivated by the monks of St. Pauli Abbey. The Fuder 18 Spatlese is a highly exclusive auction bottling, representing a selection from a single traditional 1,000-liter oak cask (Fuder) that showcases exceptional depth, purity, and concentration. Fermented with native yeasts and aged in neutral oak, this 100% Riesling balances intense, vibrant acidity with residual sweetness, capturing the cool-climate tension and crystalline minerality that defines the estate's historic terroir.
🍾 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