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 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