Scharzhofberger Riesling TBA Versteigerung Nr65
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, apricot
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, this Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the absolute pinnacle of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt's winemaking. The Scharzhofberg hill is renowned for its deep, weathered Devonian slate soils and a cool microclimate that preserves a piercing, electric acidity in the grapes. This ultra-rare 'Versteigerung' (Auction) bottling is crafted only in exceptional vintages where noble rot (botrytis) develops perfectly. Each berry is painstakingly hand-selected, yielding a nectar of extraordinary concentration, complexity, and balance. Historically, these auction-only bottlings were reserved for royal courts and elite collectors, representing the ultimate expression of Saar Riesling's tension between luscious sweetness and vibrant, mineral-driven acidity.
🍾 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.