Julian Haart, based in Piesport in the Mosel Valley, is among Germany’s most talented and visionary Riesling producers. Trained under icons like Klaus Peter Keller and Egon Müller, Haart founded his eponymous estate in 2010 with a mission to express the Mosel’s steep slate vineyards through precision and purity.

Farming is organic, yields are extremely low, and all harvesting is done by hand on the vertiginous slopes of Piesporter Goldtröpfchen and Schubertslay. Haart’s approach in the cellar is equally meticulous: spontaneous fermentations, long lees aging, and minimal intervention to preserve clarity.

The resulting wines are crystalline and deeply expressive — Rieslings that balance razor-sharp acidity with refined texture and subtle sweetness. His dry wines show saline precision, while his feinherb and Kabinett bottlings capture Mosel’s ethereal delicacy.

Critics widely consider Haart among the leading figures of the new Mosel generation. His wines are cerebral yet deeply pleasurable — transparent reflections of slate, slope, and meticulous craftsmanship. For importers, Julian Haart represents the pinnacle of artisanal Riesling today.