Scharzhofberger Riesling Beerenauslese Nr11
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50 years from the vintage release, with the potential to develop beautifully for even longer under cellar conditions.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, apricot tart
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Hailing from the world-renowned Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, this Beerenauslese represents the pinnacle of noble sweet Riesling. The Scharzhofberg hill, with its deep Devonian slate soils and cool, wind-swept microclimate, yields grapes with an extraordinary balance of intense sweetness and vibrant, electric acidity. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, an estate with over 650 years of history, meticulously hand-harvests botrytized berries grape by grape to craft this rare elixir. The wine is characterized by its luscious notes of candied apricot, honeyed peach, and exotic spices, all underpinned by a profound, crystalline minerality and a legendary tension that ensures it never feels heavy.
🍾 wine.about_producer
With a winemaking legacy spanning over 650 years since its establishment in 1349, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is one of the Mosel region's most historic and prestigious estates. Based at the majestic Schloss Marienlay in Morscheid, Germany, the estate was long held by the imperial counts of Kesselstatt before being acquired by the Günther Reh family in 1978, who elevated its global reputation under the visionary leadership of the late Annegret Reh-Gartner. The winery is uniquely distinguished by its exceptional vineyard holdings across all three of the region's river valleys—the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer—including the legendary monopole Josephshof in Graach, as well as prime parcels in Scharzhofberg and Kaseler Nies'chen. Embracing sustainable viticulture and minimal-intervention cellar practices, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt produces world-class, mineral-driven Rieslings that beautifully articulate their diverse terroirs, ranging from precise, vibrant Kabinetts to legendary, long-lived Trockenbeerenauslese expressions.