Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, roasted duck with fruit glaze, peach tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, or 'droplets of gold,' is one of the Mosel's most legendary grand cru vineyards. Local folklore attributes the name to the sun-drenched dew drops that glisten like liquid gold on the steep, south-facing slate amphitheater hugging the Mosel river. Julian Haart, utilizing meticulous organic farming on these dizzying slopes, crafts an Auslese of breathtaking purity. Fermented spontaneously in traditional oak Fuder, this wine captures the noble rot of the vineyard with laser-like precision. It balances luscious, honeyed sweetness with a vibrant, electric vein of slate-driven acidity, avoiding any sense of heaviness and representing the pinnacle of Mosel sweet winemaking.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2010 by Julian and Nadine Haart, Weingut Julian Haart is situated in the historic village of Piesport along Germany's Middle Mosel. Having honed his craft under iconic masters such as Klaus Peter Keller and Egon Müller, Julian quickly established his boutique estate as one of Germany's most revered modern cult producers. Cultivating prized, precipitous slate terroirs including Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Wintricher Ohligsberg, and the legendary ungrafted vines of Schubertslay, the winery prioritizes meticulous vineyard management and low-intervention cellar practices. Julian Haart is acclaimed for producing breathtakingly crystalline, tension-filled Rieslings and refined Pinot Noirs that showcase extraordinary precision, electric acidity, and profound site-specific minerality.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling