Julian Haart produced his first vintage in the Mosel in 2010, though the Haart family have been making wine in Piesport since 1337! Prior, Julian worked with such prestigious winemakers as Egon Müller and Klaus Peter Keller, two of the titans of German wine, honing his skills with the country's best farmers and winemakers. Today, Julian farms 5 hectares of vineyards in some of the Mosel's most prestigious sites: Goldtröpfchen, Ohlisberg and Schubertslay. For Julian and his wife, Nadine, 5 hectares is just about the perfect size: it allows them to conduct all their vineyard and cellar work by hand, keeping everything on a personal level. This can be seen in Julian's wines too, all of which have a very intimate character. Indeed, they are some of the most exciting and delicious Rieslings coming out of the Mosel today, packed with gorgeous fruit intensity and a finely honed acidity that screams of the Mosel terroir. These small production, artisanal wines are real treasures.

The Moselle Riesling (Moselle is the French spelling of Mosel) comes from the Piesporter Goldtröpfchen vineyard, with additional grapes from the Wintricher Ohligsberg and Piesporter Günterslay. The wine was fermented to barely off-dry levels of residual sugar. While not technically dry, this Rielsing drinks dry, with a spine of live-wire acidity to support the gorgeous purity of fruit.