Wiltinger Braune Kupp Riesling Spatlese Nr6
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted pork belly with a sweet-savory glaze, or aged, salty cheeses like Gruyère.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wiltinger Braune Kupp Riesling Spätlese is a masterclass in Saar terroir, produced by the legendary estate of Egon Müller. While the Müller family is synonymous with the iconic Scharzhofberg, they have also managed the historic Le Gallais estate since 1954, which holds the prized parcels of the steep, south-facing Wiltinger Braune Kupp vineyard. Unlike the grey slate of Scharzhofberg, Braune Kupp is characterized by iron-rich red and brown clay-slate soils, yielding a Riesling of exceptional warmth, structure, and spicy minerality. Crafted using traditional, minimalist cellar techniques—including fermentation in old oak fuders—this Spätlese beautifully balances vibrant, electric acidity with delicate natural sweetness, offering notes of stone fruit, white flowers, and a distinct smoky minerality that has captivated collectors for generations.
🍾 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.