The third day in Mosel we went to visit Theo Haart. He was not present himself this day, so we did the tasting with his son. We mostly
tasted through the 2005-vintage with a few other wines to compare.
Piesporter riesling 2005, 12,0% alc, ca 13 g/L. residual sugar
Light straw colour. Fine nose of blackcurrant-leafs. Fullbodied and quite soft style. The slight sweetness gives a round feeling to the
almost dry wine. Fruit showing a little less than on the nose. Typical and easy-going wine.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling trocken 2004
Straw colour. Nose shows blackcurrant-leafs and hints of petrol, some evolvement here. Medium bodied in the mouth. Again, soft style,
a little tarter acids here, a little better structure, but lacking a little the concentration of the 2005. Good length.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling 1er cru 2005, 12,5%, AP:2 06
Straw colour. More intensity in the nose; blackcurrant-leafs, slate, more mineral. Fullbodied in the mouth, again quite round style
with good concentration of a finer fruit with more depth, some minerals showing. Fine.
Haart to Heart riesling 2004, 10,0% alc., AP:3 05
Straw colour. Fruitier, more aromatic nose, but also simpler. Hints of blackcurrant-leafs, apricot. Light riesling in the mouth,
quite aromatic wine with fine balance between sweetness and acids. Medium concentration. Lacking depth, but you don't pay for it
either.
Haart to Heart riesling 2005, 11,5%, AP:3 06
Straw colour. Not giving so much on the nose. More reductive. Showing some mineral. Round style in the mouth. Better concentration
than the 04 and a little more serious style. Round, but fine structure. Good, better than 04.
Piesporter Kreuzwingert riesling spätlese feinherb 2005, 12,5%, AP:6 06
Straw colour. Nose shows a fruity style. Hints of apricot, some blackcurrant-leafs. Fullbodied in the mouth and quite dry feinherb in
style. Fine fruit, showing more blackcurrant and minerals in the mouth. Fine structure and good length. Very fine.
Piesporter riesling kabinett 2005, 9,5% alc., AP:4 06
Light straw colour. Lightly fruity style. Hints of blackcurrant-leafs, fine aromas, typical. Easy-going kabinett, with some
sweetness. Fine acids and length.
Piesporter riesling spätlese 2005, 8,5%, AP:5 06
Straw colour. More intensity in the nose. A little more leafy. More powerful and a little sweeter in the mouth. Better structure.
Good wine, but still lacking a little depth.
Piesporter Domherr riesling spätlese 2005, 8,0% alc, AP:7 06
Straw colour, some spritz. Sleaker style here. More subdued and mineral nose. Hints of slate, some blackcurrant-leafs. Fullbodied and
intence spätlese in the mouth. Better depth. Fine minerality. Good structure and length. Very fine wine.
Piesporter Grafenberg riesling spätlese 2005, 8,0% alc., AP:8 06
Straw colour. A bit more earthy nose here. Slight spice and blackcurrant-leafs. Fullbodied and rich style in the mouth. Sweeter and
creamier. Still good structure. Fine, but I preferred the Domherr.
Wintricher Ohligsberg riesling 1er cru spätlese 2005, 8,0% alc., AP:11 06
Straw colour. More flowers in the nose and hints of slate. Just a touch blackcurrant. Fullbodied in the mouth, again sweet and quite
creamy, although less than the Grafenberg. Showing a little more minerality. Fine structure and length. Very fine.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling 1er cru spätlese 2005, 8,0%., AP:10 06
Straw colour. The intence nose shows lots of blackcurrant-leafs and red fruits. Hints of minerals. Fullbodied in the mouth.
Concentrated, very intence fruit. A bit creamy, but structured and high acids. Long taste. Very fine showing and the wine of the day
for me.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling 1er cru auslese 2005, 8,0%., AP:12 06
Straw colour. More complex nose showing some more citrus-notes and more mineral, besides the blackcurrant-leafs and red fruits. A bit
sweeter and creamier than the spätlese in the mouth, but not much more concentration. Fatter and perhaps not as good structure. But
fine fruit.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling auslese goldkapsel 2005, 7,5%., AP:13 06
100% botrytised fruit. Yellow colour. Hints of blackcurrant-leafs, minerals, clean fine botrytis. Sweet and creamy in the mouth.
Fullbodied and rich fruit, although not the heaviest auslese GK. Fine botrytis, very well integrated. Structured and high acids.
Good length. Great wine.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling auslese lange goldkapsel 2005, 7,0%., AP:14 06
Yellow colour. Sweeter nose showing more honey and botrytis. Fullbodied auslese, some fat in the entrance, creamy. Concentrated
and intence fruit. Very fin botrytis, integrates well. A little too heavy style right now. Softer structure. Needs time to loose
some of the fat. Great wine.
Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling spätlese 1996, 8,0%., AP:4 97
Deep yellow colour. Complex and evolved nose. Fine, intence, showing petrol, leafs, red fruits, mineral. Medium bodied in the mouth.
Fruit starting to come around. Still a little young. Typical Goldtröpfchen. The acids in the finish here are green. Balancing the
sweetness and making it a quite tart and acidic Goldtröpfchen. This is not for the faint of heart. But I like it. Probably good
food-wine.
All in all I think the tasting at Reinhold Haart this time had it's ups and downs. The wines are richer in style than normal, perhaps
a bit too much for me. But they do have very good structure and they may age very well. The
Goldtröpfchen spätlese is very good this year. One to lay down.
Arnt Egil Nordlien
notes: Sep-06