Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese Nr37
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted duck with plum sauce, and aged blue cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the Saar valley, a sub-region of the Mosel, lies the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard, widely regarded as one of the world's premier white wine terroirs. The estate of Egon Müller, which has tended these vines since 1797 following the post-French Revolution secularization of church properties, crafts Rieslings of unparalleled precision. The Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese, particularly special auction bottlings like the 'Nr37' (referencing specific Fuder casks or AP numbers destined for the prestigious Trier auctions), is made from 100% Riesling grapes. Grown on steep, weathered grey slate soils, the vines benefit from a cool, wind-swept microclimate that preserves jaw-dropping acidity. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in traditional old oak casks (Fuder), this wine represents the pinnacle of the Prädikat system, balancing luscious natural residual sweetness with a vibrant, electric mineral core and notes of white peach, petrol, and wet stone.
🍾 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