Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed from 15 to 50 years from the vintage release, showing remarkable longevity.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, classic apricot tart, rich foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the world-renowned Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, this legendary Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel represents the pinnacle of German sweet winemaking. The vineyard's steep, south-facing slopes of weathered Devonian slate, combined with a cool, wind-swept microclimate, allow the grapes to ripen slowly while retaining a piercing, vibrant acidity. The Goldkapsel designation signifies an extraordinary selection of highly concentrated, botrytized grapes harvested by hand. This wine beautifully marries luscious, honeyed sweetness with an electric mineral tension, offering complex aromas of candied stone fruits, wild honey, and wet slate that evolve magnificently over decades.
🍾 About the Producer
With a documented winemaking legacy dating back to 1349, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is one of the most historic and revered wine estates in Germany's Mosel region. Headquartered at Schloss Marienlay in the Ruwer valley and owned by the Reh family since 1978, the estate holds an extraordinary footprint spanning the three distinct river valleys of the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer. Dedicated almost exclusively to steep-slope Riesling cultivation, the winery stewards world-renowned VDP.Grosse Lage vineyard sites such as the Saar's Scharzhofberger, the Ruwer's Kaseler Nies'chen, and their historic Mosel monopole, Josephshöfer. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is celebrated for crafting site-expressive, mineral-driven Rieslings that range from vibrant dry expressions to profound, age-worthy noble sweet Prädikat wines.