Name: Egon Müller, Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
Brand: Egon Müller (Scharzhof)

Egon Müller's Scharzhofberger Trockenbeerenauslese is made only in years with sufficient botrytis, from berries picked individually, in a few hundred half-bottles sold largely through the Trier auction.

Made by: Egon Müller (Scharzhof)
From: Saar, Mosel
Style: SweetRiesling
Bottles made in a typical year: 300

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.

2019 2018 2017 2015 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005 2003

ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult

The essentials

The wine and its economics

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked

Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.
Vintage	How the year was rated	Release price	How rare (0–100)
2019	Excellent	—	100
2018	Very Good	—	100
2017	Very Good	—	100
2015	Excellent	—	100
2011	Very Good	—	100
2010	Very Good	—	100
2009	Excellent	—	100
2006	Very Good	—	100
2005	Excellent	—	100
2003	Good	—	100

Find by year and rating

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.

One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.
Component	Low	High
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

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them

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.
Sale date	Vintage	House and sale	Format	Lot price	Per bottle
Apr 2025	2018	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23907) · lot 124	3 × 37.5 cl	≈$10,353	≈$3,451 with premium
Nov 2023	2005	Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits, Featuring Champagne Lanson and 40th Jubilee Wines Direct from the Cellars of Domaine de Chevalier (sale 21941) · lot 693	1 × 150 cl	≈$10,749	≈$10,749 with premium

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest

Producer

Egon Müller (Scharzhof)

Region

Mosel

Appellation

Saar

Classification

VDP Grosse Lage; Prädikat TBA

Style

Sweet

Grape composition

Riesling100%

Bottle sizes

375 ml

Bottles made in a typical year

300 bottlesA few hundred bottles (375 ml) in botrytis years

First vintage made

1797

Great years

4 of 10 rated excellent or exceptional

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Sources

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

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