Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, spicy Thai crab cakes
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wintricher Ohligsberg is a legendary, steep, south-southwest-facing amphitheater-like vineyard along the Mosel, historically ranked among the region's absolute finest sites in the 1897 Prussian tax maps. Julian Haart's Reserve bottling from this grand cru site represents a masterclass in patience and terroir expression. Sourced from old vines rooted in weathered blue slate and quartzite soils, the wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation and is subjected to extended lees aging in traditional oak Fuder. This prolonged contact with the yeast imparts a profound textural depth, structural complexity, and a savory, smoky dimension that beautifully balances the vineyard's signature electric acidity and intense, crystalline 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