2011 Julian Haart MoselRiesling

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  8/25/2012 - DK Amateur wrote:

  For a wine with the simple generic appellation 'Mosel' this is an incredibly delicious dry wine, in fact a great deal better than Fritz Haag's more austere wine (whose 1990 Kabinett remains my gold standard for classic Mosel) of the same status. White fruits, spicy minerality, lots of juice and perfect balance. For now I prefer it to Haart's own Wintricher 2011.

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  8/11/2012 - gorm wrote: 90 Points

  Dry, yet fruity. Lemon, pineapple, litchii. Crisp and steely. Very nice with great balance.

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  8/10/2012 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 87 Points

  Julian Haart might be one of the very few mentionable newcomers from Mosel. In recent months there was quite a lot of talk or blather about his 2011 Rieslings in German wine forums, magazines and poetic sales literature from Saarwellingen. His Mosel Riesling Gutswein 2011 even made the second place in the BerlinGutsrieslingCup vintage 2011 earlier this year. With an average rating of 88,11 points right behind the Wittmann Gutsriesling (88,33 points) and in front of the Breuer Sauvage Riesling (87,78 Points). For those who don’t know: the name Gutswein resp. Gutsriesling describes the baseline standard quality wines (normally “trocken”) produced by German wineries. The BerlinGutsrieslingCup 2011 included 28 different standard quality Rieslings from various viticulture areas. I was pretty surprised that a dry Mosel Riesling made the second place, because mostly the word combination of dry Rieslings and Mosel don’t get along so well (general assumption, sorry). That is why I simply had to try this one.
  
  The colour appeared to be very bright, with almost some green reflexes and here and there very few H2CO3 bubbles. The nose presented itself very fresh (obviously) and white-flowery perfumed, showed fragrances of delicate light lemon, a mild herbal touch and for a juvenile Riesling from Mosel typical funkiness. Maybe some yeasty impressions as well!?! The taste was already pretty present and rather gripping. I got flavours of light lemon, mild white peaches and a solid slate’y “mineral” touch. Some hours later a clearer and more precise lemon character evolved. Still very few hints of H2CO3 left. Absolutely OK for me! The density was quite robust for a Gutsriesling and the mouth-feel absolutely pleasing. The actual body was rather beefy (not really, but for a Mosel Riesling maybe yes) and not as lean and gentle as you might expect it from a Mosel Riesling (12% Alc.). The acid was lively, maybe already a bit tamed (maybe a 2011 thing?) and the length was contenting. I’d describe it as a decent, more than just solid, easy going, not too subtle standard quality Riesling trocken (not indicated on the back-label, but intended style) from the Mosel. Quffability definitely fine! The “trocken” might be something to argue about. For me this Riesling tasted very close to the 9 g/l residual sugar barrier (or maybe the tamed acid could not keep up). To oversimplify: typical Mosel trocken ;-). Nice wine for not such a nice price! 11 Euros for a standard quality Riesling from a “close to no-name winery” is a bit steep!
  
  For me surely a decent and solid Riesling, but compared to some others from the TOP 10++ (e.g. Gutsrieslinge from Wittmann, Breuer, Schönleber, Keller, Bürklin-Wolf and even Christmann) a bit behind ...
  
  PS: One suggestion for Julian: Please do use screw caps and not such crappy low quality corks ;-)
  
  Epilog: After 36 hours the balance was more convicing and the (for me) special kind of sweetness better integrated. Little upgrade from 86 to 87 ;-)

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