Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese Nr23
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes such as Thai green curry or Szechuan cuisine, glazed roast pork or duck with orchard fruit chutneys, and artisanal blue cheeses like Roquefort or Stilton.
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the Saar valley, a tributary of the Mosel, lies the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard, widely regarded as one of the greatest white wine terroirs on Earth. The estate of Egon Müller has been the custodian of this steep, south-facing slope of weathered grey slate since 1797, when the family acquired the land following its confiscation from the monastic order of St. Pauli during the French Revolution. The Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese is an iconic representation of this terroir. Crafted from 100% Riesling grapes, some from extremely old, ungrafted vines, the wine is fermented in traditional large oak Fuder casks with minimal intervention. The cool Saar microclimate preserves a thrilling, electric acidity that perfectly balances the natural residual sweetness of the late-harvest grapes. This tension creates a wine of ethereal lightness, intense minerality, and profound complexity, marked by notes of white peach, wet stone, and white flowers.
🍾 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.