EGON MÜLLER WINS WINEMAKERS’ WINEMAKER AWARD 2015
The honour, which has been awarded every year since 2011, recognises outstanding achievement in the field of winemaking. The winner is chosen by a panel of winemaking peers that comprise all Masters of Wine who are winemakers, plus the award’s past winners: Peter Sisseck of Dominio de Pingus (2011), Peter Gago of Penfolds (2012), Paul Draper of Ridge (2013), and Anne-Claude Leflaive of Domai...
The Egon Müller estate has been in the hands of the Müller family since 1797.
In the Mosel’s steep, slate vineyards, the winemaking master Egon Müller makes breathtaking Rieslings. The estate owns 8.3 of the 28 hectares of the famous Scharzhofberg vineyard in Germany’s Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region. The family exploits their single-vineyard holding to the fullest, and consequently is ranked among the region’s top wine producers. These wines are t...
The Scharzhofberg vineyard has been greatly renowned for centuries as one of the greatest vineyards in all of Germany.
According to Egon Muller, the monks' vineyard was first cited in existing records that date back as far as 1340, and one of the most interesting historical aspects of the estate is that it has always been recognized for its vineyard land. Many of the other large historical estates in the region would have been built on a mi...
- Scharzhofberg: 8.5 ha (21 acres) (largely heavily weathered grey slate)
- Wiltinger braune Kupp: 4 ha (9.88 acres) (mixture of mainly red and grey slate)
- Saarburger Antoniusbrunnen: 1.4 ha (3.46 acres)(grey slate)
- Wawerner Jesuitengarten: 0.3 ha (0.74 acres)(grey shale)
- Oberemmeler Rosenberg: 1 ha (2.47 acres)(grey slate with greywacke)
- Wiltinger Braunfels: 0.4 ha (0.99 acres)(grey slate)
- Wiltinger Kupp: 0.4 ha (0...
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