Scharzhofberger Riesling TBA Auktion Nr10
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort or Stilton, rich foie gras torchon, or elegant fruit-based desserts like apricot tart.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the absolute pinnacle of sweet winemaking, born from one of the wine world's most hallowed terroirs. Located in the chilly Saar valley of the Mosel region, the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard features steep, south-facing slopes rich in grey and red Devonian slate, including prized parcels of centenarian, ungrafted Riesling vines. The estate's history is deeply intertwined with monastic heritage, having been cultivated by the Benedictine monks of St. Paulin before the Müller family acquired the estate in 1797. This TBA is produced only in exceptional vintages when noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) develops perfectly. Each berry is painstakingly hand-selected, resulting in a nectar of unimaginable concentration, vibrant acidity, and profound mineral tension. Released exclusively through the prestigious VDP Trier Wine Auction, this rare bottling is a monument to patience, heritage, and the sublime potential of Riesling.
🍾 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