Scharzhofberger Riesling TBA Nr10
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras, or simply savored on its own as a meditation wine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the absolute pinnacle of sweet winemaking, born from one of the wine world's most hallowed terroirs. Situated in the Saar valley, a cool tributary of the Mosel, the steep, slate-rich Scharzhofberg vineyard has a viticultural history dating back to medieval monks from the Abbey of St. Paul in Trier. The Müller family has stewarded this legendary estate since 1797. This TBA is an extraordinary rarity, produced only in exceptional vintages when autumn conditions allow Botrytis cinerea (noble rot) to slowly shrivel the Riesling grapes into intensely concentrated, nectar-like raisins. Hand-harvested berry by berry with obsessive precision, the wine is fermented in traditional old oak Fuder casks. The resulting elixir is a breathtaking balance of luscious, honeyed sweetness and electric, vibrant acidity, reflecting the cool Saar microclimate and the deep minerality of its ancient slate soils.
🍾 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