Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, pan-seared scallops with citrus glaze
✨ Technical Specifications
Julian Haart's Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling is a masterclass in Mosel precision, sourced from one of the region's most historic and steep grand cru sites. The Ohligsberg vineyard, an amphitheater-like slope of weathered blue Devonian slate and quartz, was highly celebrated in the 19th century for its powerful yet elegant wines. Haart, drawing on his training with legendary mentors, employs meticulous organic farming and spontaneous fermentation in traditional vessels to preserve the site's distinct voice. The wine is renowned for its striking tension, weaving together intense stone fruit, wild herbal notes, and a deep, salty mineral core driven by electric acidity.
🍾 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