Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 30 years from the vintage, as its vibrant acidity and sweetness harmonize beautifully over decades of cellaring.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed roast pork, and blue cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese from Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt represents a marriage of one of the world's most legendary vineyards with an estate of immense historical pedigree. Located in the cool Saar valley, the south-facing Scharzhofberg vineyard is famous for its deep, weathered grey slate soils and a microclimate that yields wines of piercing acidity and profound mineral depth. Originally cleared and planted by Benedictine monks from the Abbey of St. Mary ad Martyres in Trier during the Middle Ages, this grand cru site produces Riesling of unparalleled elegance. For this Spatlese, grapes are harvested late in the autumn to achieve optimal ripeness while retaining the Saar's signature electric acidity. Fermented slowly with minimal intervention, the resulting wine balances luscious natural sweetness with a salty, crystalline minerality, offering notes of white peach, green apple, and wild herbs.
🍾 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.