Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese Nr38
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes such as Thai green curry, rich roasted duck with fruit-based reduction, or artisanal blue cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberg Riesling Spätlese is one of the most revered white wines in the world, originating from the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard in the cool Saar valley of the Mosel region. This historic estate, managed by the Müller family since 1797 after being seized from the Benedictine monastery of St. Paul during the French Revolution, benefits from deep, weathered grey slate soils and steep, south-facing slopes. The 'Nr 38' designation refers to a highly coveted, limited-production auction bottling representing an exceptional parcel or cask selection. Crafted from 100% Riesling, often including extremely old, ungrafted vines, the wine is fermented in traditional neutral oak fuders. It showcases a breathtaking tension between residual sweetness and piercing, electric acidity, wrapped in intense slate minerality and complex notes of white peach, petrol, and white flowers.
🍾 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.