Piesporter Schubertslay Riesling Auslese 1*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, peach tart, glazed pork belly
✨ Technical Specifications
The Schubertslay is a mythical vineyard site in Piesport, a tiny, amphitheater-like parcel of extremely steep, south-facing slopes dominated by soft blue slate. It is home to some of the oldest, ungrafted Riesling vines in the Mosel, some of which are over a century old. Julian Haart's Piesporter Schubertslay Riesling Auslese 1* represents the pinnacle of sweet winemaking from this historic site. Fermented spontaneously in traditional neutral oak Fuder, this Auslese captures the intense concentration of botrytis while maintaining the feather-light, electric acidity that defines Haart's style. It is a wine of legendary precision, balancing rich, honeyed stone fruit with a profound, salty minerality derived from the ancient slate soils.
🍾 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