Scharzhofberger Spätlese 1976, Egon Müller, A. P. Nr. 3 567
>142-15-77. This is of course Riesling. The better estates in the M-S-R
>region often did not bother to add Riesling to the name, because most
>knew all of the best estates in the region used Riesling.
>
>The color is bright gold. The wine is fully mature, but should last a
>few more years. There is intense fruit, mainly of a peach character with
>hints of spice and honey. There is just enough of the aged petrol
>character to season the wine. There is still ample acid. The finish is
>quite long. There is considerable sweetness. This wine most likely could
>have been sold as an auslese. In 1976 wines were so rich in many areas
>that many sold their slightly less sweet auslese wines as spätlese in
>order to have some spätlese to sell. Of course I can not be certain
>without a chemical analysis of the wine.
>
>If I were forced to pick the best Riesling estate in the world, either
>for dry or sweet wine, I would select Egon Müller's Scharzhofberger.
>Of course one can not make top wines in the Saar as often as in some
>other warmer regions. And of course I have not tasted all of the top
>wines in Germany, much less in the whole world.
Hi
I stil have a 1989 Auslese from EM, this wine is one of the most memorable ever tasted.
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
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