Piesporter Schubertslay Riesling Auslese 3*
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit-based tarts, glazed roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
The Schubertslay is one of the Mosel's most legendary and historic vineyards, a tiny, precipitously steep amphitheater of blue Devonian slate situated in Piesport. This site is celebrated for its ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines, some of which are over a century old. Julian Haart, drawing on his training with icons like Klaus Peter Keller and Egon Müller, coaxes an ethereal complexity from this prized terroir. The '3-Star' Auslese represents the absolute pinnacle of selection, crafted only in exceptional vintages when noble botrytis develops perfectly. Utilizing traditional spontaneous fermentation in old oak Fuder, Haart achieves a sublime tension between luscious, honeyed sweetness and a piercing, mineral-driven acidity. It is a liquid monument to the Mosel's historic winemaking heritage, marrying rich concentration with a feather-light elegance.
🍾 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