97 ParkerPunkte , 17,5 Punkte Vinum The world's most successful white wine site for noble sweet winesFull, delicately creamy bouquet with a superb concentration of flavours. On the palate, the wine develops an intense interplay of fruit sweetness and acidity, with subtle notes of honey, papaya and ripe peach. An elixir of minerality, finesse and finesse, integrated with a harmonious sweetness. Extremely dense, juicy with great length. Cellaring: until 2050 The Scharzhofberger is the most famous vineyard in Germany among wine connoisseurs around the world. The highest prices are always achieved at auctions for Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerauslese and ice wines. The wines are rather restrained in flavour, with aromas of herbs such as chamomile and peppermint or flowers. There is also a noticeable spicy saltiness on the palate. The designation ‘Scharzhofberger’ is sufficient on the wine labels, the place name Wiltingen does not have to be stated. The site is a ‘1L’ - Erste Lage of the VDP and authorised for ‘GG’ - Große Gewächse of the Bernkasteler Ring. The van Volxem winery cultivates the vines in a natural way, with reduced yields and late selective harvesting by hand. The wine is fermented spontaneously, matured for a long time, vinified by hand without fining agents. Quality level: Auslese. The vines grow on the finest grey Devonian slate soils with a proportion of rhyolite and quartz porphyry of volcanic origin.Finest, mineral-rich, blue Devonian slate weathered soils.