Egon Müller IV

The Winery Egon Müller- Scharzhof is guided by Egon Müller IV family business and one of the most famous wineries in the Saar. The Egon Mueller family is a member of the Association Primum Familiae Vini.

History

In 1797, the ancestors of Egon Müller took over the course of the revolutionary transformation of the French state in the municipality Wiltingen vineyards that have previously been found to be church property in the possession of the monastery of St. Mary of the Martyrs since medieval time. Since then, there is the short-term as national Bien area managed family owned and operated for four generations, it is headed by a Egon Müller. Already Egon Mueller III addressed the quality policy of the house in the direction of high-class products and bought vacant Rebparzellen as that of the winery " Le Gallais " 1954. With this purchase 2.5 hectares were in the individual layers " Wiltinger coupling " and " Wiltinger brown clutch " connected. There were other plots in the immediate vicinity of Wiltingen. " Le Gallais " originally belonged to the Metz which founding family family Arbed was. Egon Mueller III took over in 1945, the estate of his mother, who has guided it to the end of the war. To prepare for his role, he visited 1947/1948 a two-semester course superintendent at the State College and Research Institute for Viticulture, Horticulture and Agriculture in Trier.

The Winery Egon Müller- Scharzhof owns vineyards in the wine region Mosel wine region and produces approximately 80 000 ha with 16 bottles of wine per year Saar.

Scharzhofberg

Under the name Scharzhofberger 27.3 ha of a slope to the east of Scharzhofes be marketed. The Winery Egon Müller manages a part of it, he is the eponymous location of the winery. The vineyard Scharzhofberg extends about two miles outside of Wiltingen towards Oberemmel on a facing due south Devon shale slope. It's the part of the large crowd situation Zberg the Moselle wine region.

Wines

The wines are not well known, but on the international stage even more so in Germany. Miller berries and dry Beerenauslese and Eiswein achieve the top prices. The wines are not sold " vintage fashion ", some wines are offered only after sufficient aging in the bottle as rarities. Only about five percent of an average harvest at the annual auction of the Great Boulevard Mosel -Saar -Ruwer, whose chairman Egon Müller IV is touted.

Quotes

The rich and racy Riesling Scharzhofberger belongs in elite vintages among the best wines in the world.