EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOF RIESLING 2018
TASTING NOTE
Every wine from Egon Müller is a rarity. They are sought after and can reach sky-high prices in auctions. The Scharzhof Riesling is an entry wine from the world’s most recognized Master of Riesling. It’s an introduction to the greatness and longevity of Riesling from Scharzhofberger. A must try once in a life time for Riesling lovers.
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING KABINETT 2013
TASTING NOTE
Wine Spectator, “An elegant style, featuring green peach, apple and pear flavors that are minerally and fresh-tasting. The savory finish has notes of citrus peel and juniper berry that are complex and lingering. Drink now through 2020.”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING SPÄT 2015
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker, “The 2015 Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese opens with a clear, intense and very elegant bouquet that intertwines flint/slate-like aromas with perfectly ripe and piquant Scharzhofberg flavors. Terribly pure, piquant and fresh, this Spätlese is also lush and stimulating on the palate. This is a picture-book Spätlese with tropical fruit flavors and a great mineral tension. The finish is mouth-wateringly pure and piquant, fine and salty. A great, great Saar Spätlese from the famous Scharzhofberg!”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING AUSLESE 2015
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker, “The 2015 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese (AP #9) is beautifully clear, intense and piquant on the complex and elegant nose, which displays a great mix of tropical fruit, honey and Scharzhofberg slate with fine botrytis flavors. Round, lush and salty, this is a gorgeously rich, yet pure and piquant Auslese. It has great complexity and elegance. The finish is precise and salty, with great intensity and piquancy.”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING AUSLESE 2014
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker, “The 2014 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese #8 is intense and clear on the nose and displays fine botrytis flavors along with aromatic herbal aromas of curry plant. Full of finesse and piquancy on the palate, with beautifully clear mirabelle plum and nectarine flavors, this is a highly elegant and finesse-full beauty with a lush mid-palate and a very fine and elegant, nicely salty and mouthwatering finish. There is so much intensity here, but it’s also drinkable and complexity! There was another Auslese GK #9 that was auctioned in Trier for 770 Euros.”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING AUSLESE 2011
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker, “Muller’s 2011 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese delivers a penetrating and multifarious nose of heliotrope, lily, candied lime rind, quince preserves, white peach preserves, distilled herbal essences, marzipan and brown spices. Almost weightlessly delicate yet simultaneously expansive and creamy, this both caresses and stimulates the palate with a kaleidoscopically interactive array of those diverse and exotic elements that on the nose signaled its ripeness and botrytis ennoblement. An almost syrupy sense of white peach – along with hints of white raisin that emerge in that prodigious finish – fails to tip the scales in too-confectionary a direction thanks to a vibratory sense of energy and refreshing rivulet of juicy fresh peach and lime that is threaded throughout. ”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING SPÄT 2010
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker, “Effusively scented with peony and heliotrope; quince, white peach, and Persian melon; as well as ethereal herbal distillates, the Muller 2010 Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese – sole wine so-labeled in this year’s collection, surprisingly – delivers persistent inner-mouth perfume allied to an uncanny sense of lift and buoyancy as well as transparency of its silken, decadently musky and floral nectar to salt and stone. It’s hard to imagine a much greater contrast – within the parameters of this estate – than that between the present extraordinary as well as extraordinarily rarified wine and its severe, almost strident Braune Kupp counterpart. “If you looked at the analysis of this,” says Muller (but without offering it for inspection), “you simply wouldn’t believe that you could be tasting what you’re tasting.” Look for this to remain glorious for at least three decades.”
EGON MÜLLER
Scharzhof Riesling 2021
TASTING NOTE
James Suckling “This bracing, but juicy and barely off-dry riesling has a slew of red apple, spring blossoms and fresh herb character. Long, very crisp finish with plenty of depth. Drink or hold.”
EGON MÜLLER
Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett 2021
TASTING NOTE
James Suckling “Wonderful honeysuckle and jasmine aromas pour from the glass of this very racy and crystalline Kabinett. As sharp and bright as a samurai sword, each swirl of the glass reveals new aromas, sushi ginger and dill only being the most obvious. Drink or hold.”
EGON MÜLLER
Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett 2020
TASTING NOTE
James Suckling “Very youthful, cool and pristine, this is an extremely elegant sleek and focused Kabinett. Although analytically there must be quite a bit of unfermented grape sweetness here, you barely feel it, so uplifting is the mineral freshness that drives this joyful Saar riesling. Very long finish. Drink or hold.”
EGON MÜLLER
SCHARZHOFBERGER RIESLING SPÄT 2021
TASTING NOTE
James Suckling “The floral aromas are like walking into a top florist’s store. Also Asian pear, Yamanashi white peach and fresh pineapple aromas. Stunning concentration and brilliance on the super-focused palate, enormous mineral energy and freshness driving the breathtaking succulent finish. Doesn’t want to stop. Drink or hold.”
EGON MÜLLER
Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 2021
TASTING NOTE
James Suckling “This smells like the most beautiful white peach you can imagine; the kind of fruit that’s almost impossible to buy. Very pure and vibrant in spite of the lush fruit, the racy acidity giving this a stunning crystalline clarity and tremendous length. Made from 100% botrytized fruit. Limited production. Drink or hold.”
EGON MÜLLER
Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese 2019
TASTING NOTE
Robert Parker “The 2019 Scharzhofberger Auslese #8 is perfectly clear, precise and flinty on the nicely reductive and spicy nose with its tropical fruit (mango, papaya) aromas and, later, also very fine raisin notes that represent perfect botrytis. On the palate, this is a dense and mouth-filling yet gorgeously fresh, piquant and salty Auslese with perfectly ripe and juicy fruit, great precision, finesse and balance. This is a hedonistic, perfectly balanced and weightless Auslese with a stimulating, fine grip on the long, tensioned, irresistibly seductive finish. This 2019 is a gorgeous yet, unfortunately, expensive Auslese, the only one produced here in 2019 . Tasted in April 2020.”