Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, rich pâté
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wintricher Ohligsberg is one of the Mosel's most historic and steep grand cru sites, characterized by its weathered gray slate, quartz, and iron-rich soils. Historically celebrated alongside the region's finest vineyards, this site yields wines of incredible tension. Julian Haart's Riesling Auslese from the Ohligsberg is a profound expression of noble sweetness balanced by a vibrant, crystalline acidity. Crafted with minimal intervention and spontaneous fermentation, this wine captures the essence of botrytis-affected grapes, offering complex layers of stone fruits, honey, and intense slate minerality.
🍾 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