Julian Haart "Moselle" Riesling 2023

Julian Haart is an exciting up-and-coming Mosel producer creating wine in an homage to the style of Keller. Despite trace amounts of residual sugar, the acidity is so cutting that this drinks dry with notes of green apple, Rainier cherries, and bee pollen. An exceptional wine that showcases Julian's deft touch in the vineyard and cellar, while also keeping true to the classic German style.

Grown in grey slate from multiple parcels in the Marienburg (including the portions that lie across the river, which don’t make it into the GG wines). The Moselle Riesling comes from the Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, additional fruit from Wintricher Ohligsberg and Piesporter Güntersl. A mix of young and old vines up to 50-60 yrs old, vinified 60% in barrels and 40% INOX, and 20% of the juice sees malolactic fermentation.

Clemens is the fifth generation winemaker at this estate (all the previous ones were also named Clemens; ever the iconoclast, he named his son Florian). Clemens started working in his father’s two-hectare estate in 1975 and has spent his career expanding the acreage and breadth of his holdings to 18 hectares, almost all on the slopes of the Marienburg.

He stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005, earning certifications from the EU and Respekt-Biodyn. Clemens holds a permanent place in history as a role model and beacon of change among German winemakers.