Wiltinger Braune Kupp Riesling Beerenauslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or other artisanal blue cheeses, classic apricot tart, and rich foie gras terrine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary Egon Müller at the historic Le Gallais estate, which the Müller family acquired in 1954, the Wiltinger Braune Kupp Riesling Beerenauslese represents the pinnacle of sweet winemaking in the Saar valley. The Braune Kupp vineyard is a steep, south-facing amphitheater overlooking the Saar River, characterized by its unique iron-rich, reddish slate soils. This terroir imparts a distinctively spicy, deeply mineral, and structured character that differentiates it from the cooler, blue-slate profile of Scharzhofberg. To produce this rare elixir, botrytis-affected grapes are meticulously hand-harvested berry by berry. Fermented in traditional neutral oak Fuder casks, the resulting wine is a masterpiece of tension, balancing luscious, honeyed sweetness with a piercing, electric acidity that ensures near-immortal longevity.
🍾 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