Label

Julian Haart

MoselGermany

Julian Haart makes precise, vineyard-focused Mosel Rieslings from Piesport and Wintrich, with particular emphasis on Goldtröpfchen and Ohligsberg. The wines are defined by clarity, restraint, and site fidelity across the Prädikat ladder.


History

Julian Haart established his estate in the Middle Mosel after working apart from the family winemaking tradition associated with the Haart name in Piesport. The Haart family has long been connected to Piesport, most notably through Reinhold Haart, and Julian's own project represents a deliberate step toward independence and a distinct winemaking identity. His label, launched in the 2010s, quickly attracted serious attention for the quality and precision of wines drawn from some of the Mosel's most celebrated slate sites. The operation remains small, with production focused tightly on a handful of vineyards in Piesport and the neighboring village of Wintrich.

Vineyards

The two anchoring sites are Piesporter Goldtröpfchen and Wintricher Ohligsberg, both planted on the steep Devon blue slate slopes that define the Middle Mosel's most prized ground. Goldtröpfchen is one of the largest and most storied Einzellagen in the region, a south- and southwest-facing amphitheater above the river that accumulates exceptional heat while the slate radiates warmth through cool nights. Ohligsberg, across the valley in Wintrich, is a less-discussed site but capable of producing wines of comparable precision and minerality. Both vineyards include old-vine holdings, some of considerable age, which Haart vinifies separately under an Alte Reben designation when the fruit warrants it. Farming details beyond the vineyard sites have not been extensively documented in public sources.

Winemaking

Haart works in the classic Mosel idiom: tank-fermented Rieslings, typically using native or ambient yeasts, bottled with enough residual sugar to sit within the traditional Prädikat framework while maintaining the acid tension that keeps the wines from reading as sweet. The range moves through Kabinett and Spätlese levels with notable consistency of purpose. He uses two label colors to distinguish wine tiers or cuvées within the same vineyard, a practical shorthand that has become part of the estate's identity. The red-label wines tend to be the broader, more accessible expressions of each site; the white-label bottlings, including the Ohligsberg Kabinett Alte Reben, are drawn from older parcels and carry more concentration and structural detail. The style across the range prioritizes site legibility over winemaking intervention, with no meaningful oak influence and a preference for wines that read as precise rather than showy.

Wines

2024 Riesling Piesporter red label

7.6

2024 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett red label

7.8

2024 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen red label

8.0

2024 Riesling Piesport Grafenberg Kabinett red label

8.0

2024 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg red label

8.2

2024 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett white label

8.5

2018 Riesling 1,000 L

7.1

2018 Riesling Moselle

7.1

2018 Riesling RedRock trocken

7.2

2018 Riesling Nieder-Flörsheimer Frauenberg trocken

7.3

2018 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen

7.5

2018 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Spätlese

7.8

2018 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett Alte Reben White Label

8.0

2018 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese

8.4

2017 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Auslese

8.0

2017 Riesling Moselle

6.9

2017 Riesling Wintricher

7.6

2017 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg

7.5

2017 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett A.P. #12

7.8

2017 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese

7.8

2017 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett

7.8

2017 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Spätlese

7.8

2017 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett A.P. #13

7.9

2017 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Kabinett

8.0

2017 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Auslese

8.2

2017 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese

8.5

2017 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Auslese***

9.3

2016 Riesling Moselle

7.2

2016 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg

7.3

2016 Riesling Wintricher

7.4

2016 Riesling Piesporter

7.3

2016 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett A.P. #10

7.5

2016 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett

7.5

2016 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Reserve

7.6

2016 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett A.P. #11

7.8

2016 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese

7.8

2016 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen

7.9

2016 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese

8.0

2016 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Spätlese

7.8

2016 Riesling Piesporter SchubertslayRiesling Kabinett

8.0

2016 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Auslese

8.2

2015 Riesling Piesporter trocken

7.2

2015 Riesling Moselle

7.1

2015 Riesling Wintricher

7.2

2015 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg

7.4

2015 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett

7.6

2015 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Kabinett

8.0

2015 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett

8.0

2015 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese

8.0

2015 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese

8.1

2015 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Spätlese

8.2

2014 Riesling Piesporter

7.1

2014 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett

7.1

2014 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett

7.2

2014 Riesling Moselle

7.4

2014 Riesling Wintricher

7.3

2014 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese

7.5

2014 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese

7.6

2014 Riesling Piesporter Schubertslay Kabinett

7.6

2014 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg Spätlese

7.5

2014 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese

7.9

2014 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen

7.9

2014 Riesling Wintricher Ohligsberg