Scharzhofberger Pergentsknopp Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Scharzhofberg is legendary among wine collectors, but within this world-renowned vineyard lies the 'Pergentsknopp'—a historic, extremely steep, south-facing parcel prized for its ancient, ungrafted vines and deep Devonian slate soils. Van Volxem's Scharzhofberger Pergentsknopp Riesling Grosses Gewächs (GG) represents the pinnacle of dry Saar Riesling. Roman Niewodniczanski's commitment to restoring the Saar's golden age is fully realized here. The wine is crafted using traditional, low-intervention methods, including spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and slow aging in traditional large oak fuder casks. This patient process coaxes an extraordinary, multi-layered complexity from the grapes, balancing a rich, textured palate with the Saar's signature cool-climate, electric acidity and an intense, smoky minerality that speaks directly of its historic terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Perched dramatically above the Saar River in Wiltingen, Weingut Van Volxem is one of Germany's most heralded historic wine estates. Originating as a Roman villa complex with viticulture traced back to the 3rd century, the property operated as a Jesuit monastery winery established in 1743 before being acquired post-secularization by Brussels brewer Gustav van Volxem. In late 1999, Roman Niewodniczanski acquired the estate and orchestrated an ambitious renaissance, revitalizing storied steep-slope vineyards and inaugurating a state-of-the-art gravity-fed winery atop the Wiltinger Schlossberg. Managing approximately 85 hectares on Devonian slate across top-tier VDP.Grosse Lage sites—such as Scharzhofberger, Wiltinger Gottesfuß, Volz, and Ockfener Bockstein—the estate works predominantly with old, ungrafted Riesling vines. Practicing sustainable, non-interventional viticulture, cellar master Dominik Völk champions spontaneous wild-yeast fermentations and extended aging in neutral oak and stainless steel. Van Volxem produces intensely mineral, low-alcohol, dry-leaning Rieslings and refined sparkling Sekts that revive the aristocratic, turn-of-the-century prestige of traditional Saar wines.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%