Julian Haart Mosel Riesling 2019

The 2018er Moselle Riesling comes essentially from the Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, with in addition grapes from the Wintricher Ohligsberg and Piesporter Günterslay, and was harvested at 88° Oechsle. It was fermented down to bone-dry levels of residual sugar (1 g/l). It delivers a gorgeously refreshing nose made of white flowers, grapefruit zest, lime, spices and smoke, all wrapped into some residual scents from its spontaneous fermentation. The wine proves delicately zesty and pure on the palate and leaves some attractively tart and herbal flavors in the long, linear and almost lean finish. The after-taste is all about smoke and lime, and lasts for minutes. While enjoyable now, this wine significantly gains in presence as it develops in the glass and is thus best left alone for one or two years to make of it. 2021-2028. 90 points (2018 Vintage) – Mosel Fine Wine 6/28/2019

The 2019 vintage is the best vintage I have ever tasted for German riesling in my four-decade career… 2019 is one of the greatest vintages of modern times and will be remembered for decades, possibly generations. Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com