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
Established in 2010 by Julian Haart alongside his wife Nadine, Weingut Julian Haart has rapidly emerged as one of the Mosel's most revered artisan domains. Born into a multi-century Piesport winegrowing lineage, Julian refined his craft through pivotal apprenticeships under icons Egon Müller, Klaus Peter Keller, and Werner Schönleber. The estate farms approximately five hectares, centering on vertigo-inducing, blue-slate Grand Cru terraces in the Mosel—notably Wintricher Ohligsberg and Piesporter Goldtröpfchen—alongside prestigious limestone parcels in Rheinhessen obtained through parcel exchanges with Keller. Viticulture relies entirely on meticulous manual labor without synthetic inputs, preserving ungrafted, century-old vines. In the cellar, Haart practices spontaneous fermentation in traditional neutral wooden Fuder and stainless steel with minimal intervention. The resulting Rieslings, ranging from razor-sharp dry Kalkstein and site bottlings to ethereal Kabinetts, display crystalline precision, saline tension, filigreed sweetness, and profound slate-driven minerality.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling