Good to hear from you and thanks for the links! As it happens, I also drank a 2006 Haart Auslese recently which I found highly enjoyable - which was good as it had been stored for three years in my wardrobe and that is not the best place to keep a wine for so long. You may also be interested in reading our review of one of their dry Great Growth Rieslings. I tend to find the sweet and off-dry Haarts better than the dry wines overall, but this one was really good.
The Haart to Heart certainly is a decent wine, although I would probably not bother to try and seek it out especially (having said that I really like the 2006 Haart to Heart) - for two Euro more you can get the Kabinetts that tend to have more focus and finesse. Still, it made a good companion for a humid London night.
When I met Johannes Haart, who is taking over more responsibilities at the winery now, a couple of years ago he recommended giving the Goldtröpfchen wines at least a few years to mature, and he added that he preferred drinking them at 10+ years of age. Sadly, when they recently sold a batch of older wines a guy from Berlin bought all the 1980s and 1990s stuff before I could get some...
In reply to Reinhold Haart is a top producer by David Strange
Re: Reinhold Haart is a top producer
Hi David,
Good to hear from you and thanks for the links! As it happens, I also drank a 2006 Haart Auslese recently which I found highly enjoyable - which was good as it had been stored for three years in my wardrobe and that is not the best place to keep a wine for so long. You may also be interested in reading our review of one of their dry Great Growth Rieslings. I tend to find the sweet and off-dry Haarts better than the dry wines overall, but this one was really good.
The Haart to Heart certainly is a decent wine, although I would probably not bother to try and seek it out especially (having said that I really like the 2006 Haart to Heart) - for two Euro more you can get the Kabinetts that tend to have more focus and finesse. Still, it made a good companion for a humid London night.
When I met Johannes Haart, who is taking over more responsibilities at the winery now, a couple of years ago he recommended giving the Goldtröpfchen wines at least a few years to mature, and he added that he preferred drinking them at 10+ years of age. Sadly, when they recently sold a batch of older wines a guy from Berlin bought all the 1980s and 1990s stuff before I could get some...
Congratulations on the new design of ER, btw!
Best,
Torsten