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Scharzhofberg

The Saar's great slate hill, 28 hectares shared among several estates, of which Egon Müller's parcels produce the most expensive Rieslings on earth.

Vineyards in Mosel
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Area28.0 ha69 ac
Planted28.0 ha
Land value, regional range≈$167,895–447,720 /haDeutsches Weininstitut; trade reporting 2024
Elevation250 m

Scharzhofberg is an Ortsteil — a site so famous the village name is dropped. Egon Müller farms about 8 hectares of it; the rest belongs to van Volxem, von Hövel, Kesselstatt and others.

The essentials

The site and its economics

Scharzhofberg is an Ortsteil — a site so famous the village name is dropped. Egon Müller farms about 8 hectares of it; the rest belongs to van Volxem, von Hövel, Kesselstatt and others.

Site facts

Owner
Egon Müller (Scharzhof)
Grape varieties
Riesling
Soil
Devonian slate
Climate
Cool, marginal
Farming cost
≈$22,386–44,772 per hectare per year
Coordinates
49.6200, 6.5700
Egon Müller holding
≈ 8 haEgon Müller

At the going rate for vineyard land in this region, a site this size would be worth roughly ≈$4,701,060–≈$12,536,160. Famous vineyards like this one almost never change hands, and when they do the price is far higher.

Sources

  1. Le prix des terres — vignes, SAFER / FNSAFER, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026. FNSAFER figures as reproduced in the official 2024 vineyard-value table (Décision du 26 août 2025), on a page that opens from outside France.
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AppellationSaarProducerEgon Müller (Scharzhof)RegionMoselProducerJoh. Jos. Prüm