2024 Julian Haart Haart Mosel Riesling, Mosel

Julian Haart’s Haart label represents the most direct expression of his family vineyards, a bridge between everyday Mosel drinking and serious site driven wines. Haart comes from a long line of Mosel growers and refined his craft under Egon Müller before establishing his own tiny cellar focused on slate grown precision. The fruit for this wine is drawn from steep middle Mosel parcels where thin blue slate soils and cool river influence preserve razor sharp acidity. It is intended as a pure snapshot of place, transparent and light on its feet.

Fermentation is natural and unhurried, allowing aromatics to unfold without manipulation. Alcohol stays modest and a whisper of residual sugar balances the line of acidity. The style is featherweight but intense, built around clarity rather than power.

Pale straw with green flashes, the aromas lift with lime zest, green apple and white peach layered with jasmine and crushed slate. The palate is light bodied and shimmering, with citrus fruit carried by electric acidity. A touch of sweetness softens the entry before the wine snaps into a long, mineral finish that feels clean and saline.

It pairs beautifully with seafood, spicy cuisine and fresh salads, or simply as an aperitif. Drinking beautifully now for its brightness, it will cellar comfortably for ten to fifteen years, gaining honeyed and smoky nuance.