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Egon Müller, Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese

The estate's more regular sweet wine, still produced in small lots, with Goldkapsel bottlings sold at auction.

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The Scharzhof
Helge Klaus Rieder · Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Egon Müller's Scharzhofberger Auslese is produced in most vintages in small lots; the Goldkapsel selections are auctioned.

Made by
Egon Müller (Scharzhof)
From
Saar, Mosel
Style
SweetRiesling
The kind of wine

Mosel steep-slope Riesling (Prädikat)

Riesling from slate slopes so steep that every job is done by hand. Much of it is sweet and made in tiny amounts.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of pale white wine on a slate wall in a steep vineyard above a river bend

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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The essentials

The wine and its economics

Egon Müller's Scharzhofberger Auslese is produced in most vintages in small lots; the Goldkapsel selections are auctioned.

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked
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Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $14–$47 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $14 to $47 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

ComponentLowHigh
Imputed land cost$0.70$5.85
Vineyard operations$3.66$13.83
Winemaking labour and cellar work$2.50$5.00
Cellar aging$0.32$1.20
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling$3.90$10.40
Winery overhead$2.50$6.00
Financing over the aging period$0.43$4.44
Estimated winery production cost$14.01$46.72
One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them
Sale dateVintageHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Oct 20252019Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23826) · lot 18712 × 75 cl≈$3,823≈$319 with premium
Apr 20252019Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 23891) · lot 60710 × 75 cl≈$3,638≈$364 with premium
Apr 20252019Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23907) · lot 1233 × 75 cl≈$1,274≈$425 with premium
Mar 20252019Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23906) · lot 1876 × 37.5 cl≈$717≈$119 with premium
Dec 20242022Christie'sThe Cellar in the Mountain: Pristine Wines from the Skigaarden Collection (sale 23081) · lot 4245 × 75 cl≈$1,488≈$298 with premium
Dec 20242021Christie'sThe Cellar in the Mountain: Pristine Wines from the Skigaarden Collection (sale 23081) · lot 42310 × 75 cl≈$3,142≈$314 with premium
Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest
Region
Appellation
Classification
VDP Grosse Lage; Prädikat Auslese
Style
Sweet
Grape composition
Riesling100%
Bottle sizes
375 · 750 ml
First vintage made
1797
Great years
5 of 15 rated excellent or exceptional

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Sources

  1. Egon Müller – Scharzhof, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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