Julian Haart Riesling 1,000L 2024 Mosel, Germany

Grape 🍇: Riesling

Style 😋: Ethereal and vibrant. Ripe peach, white nectarine, and lime juice, carried on a beam of electric acidity. Underlying notes of wet slate and a whisper of wild herbs make it impossibly refreshing and complex.

Details 📌: Sourced from young vines in Haart's prized, steep, grey slate vineyards in Piesport. Farmed organically with meticulous care. The "1000L" name is a winemaking homage, referring to the traditional 1000 liter (or Fuder) casks used for aging in the Mosel. Grapes are hand harvested, whole bunch pressed, and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts. It's aged on its fine lees in large, neutral oak casks to build texture without oak flavor, preserving pure fruit and mineral energy.

Story 📖: Think of Julian Haart as the rockstar protégé who's now a headliner. He spent years working alongside Klaus Peter Keller, one of Germany's most legendary winemakers. But his mission was always to return to his home in the Mosel and redefine what its Riesling could be. Starting with less than a single hectare, he became an overnight sensation in the wine world. He's known to taste hundreds of samples from different casks to create the final blend for this very wine, ensuring every bottle is perfectly harmonious. The 1000L is his masterpiece of accessibility. A Riesling that is both joyfully gulpable and profoundly complex, proving that great wine doesn't have to be serious to be taken seriously.