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A wine estate that knows how to combine the traditional with the modern, vineyard character with drinking pleasure! Rating: 5/5 grape clusters, world class.

Rating: 4.5/5 stars, world class.

As always, even in the difficult year 2006, Theo Haart presented a masterly collection. As mundane as it might sound, this feat cannot be underestimated. Many of the wines still have development potential, even though there is a great temptation to drink them right way while they are young and stimulating. Even for an ingenious winemaker like Haart, the Auslese to be sold at auction is not to be taken for granted. It already numbers among the finest Auslese that we have ever sampled from the Mosel and it is just at the very beginning of its development. Hats off!

Reinhold Haart’s Spätlese from the Piesporter sites Domherr, Grafenberg and Goldtröpfchen, as well as the Wintricher Ohligsberg, are the climax of this very nice winemaker’s years of striving for quality. Theo Haart joined the ranks of absolutely top winemakers in 2005.

Baroque splendour is what distinguishes Piesporter Goldtröpfchen wines from other Mosel Rieslings. The pronounced black currant flavour that they often show is not unique – it can also be found in wines from Graach in the Middle Mosel, Kasel on the Ruwer and in some Rieslings from other German wine regions. But nowhere else is the aroma of so many other ripe fruits – peach, apricot, citrus fruits, pineapple – as penetrating as in the magnificent fragrance of the Goldtröpfchen wines. Some might find this “explosion of fruit” a bit much, but this opulence is neither a bluff nor an empty facade. The wines are underpinned by a structure that is exactly as solid and robust as an architectural gem from the baroque period. At least this is true of the wines from Theo Haart.

Theo Haart manages the top estate in Piesport with a quiet energy and produces wines in which the elegant personalities of these sites are united with charm and delicacy.

Since 1988, Theo Haart has strived to achieve recognition of the true value of Piesporter Goldtröpfchen wines. His wines from this sadly underestimated and too commercially exploited appellation are among the best of the Mosel.