2008 Weingut Reinhold Haart Ohligsberger Riesling Spätlese

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• By Michael Schmidt
  10/15/2009, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

  (Reinhold Haart, Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs Mosel White) Subscribe to see review text.

Mosel Fine Wines

• By Jean Fisch and David Rayer
  Jun 2009, Issue No 8, (See more on Mosel Fine Wines...)

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• By Jon Rimmerman
  12/16/2009, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (HAART Spatlese Ohligsberg) UPDATE: Blue Hill Dinner I've received a number of reservation inquiries this week regarding Friday's Blue Hill event. Unfortunately, it is completely sold out - I wish we had 50 more seats but the venue is just too small. For those of you that did secure a ticket, please bring your stamina at 6:30pm - it's going to be a long and interesting night... - Jon Rimmerman ****************************** Odds and Ends Dear Friends, A few small parcels that are immanent (see below for arrival dates). All have impeccable provenance at excellent prices for their respective genre's. Limited quantities prevents all three from being offers on their own: 2004 Piedrasassi Syrah (Santa Ynez Valley) Terroir in California? Try this - a wine that will make many swoon... 2000 Roederer Cristal Brut Rose' Champagne For some reason, we've had numerous requests for Cristal this holiday season. We don't typically carry something like this but, here you go...at what should be about the same tariff as the cellar-door. This is their insanely expensive Rose', not the regular Brut. Please limit order requests to 12/person: 2008 Reinhold Haart Riesling Spètlese Ohligsberger Erste Lage (Mosel) (no comparisons available - I believe this sells for around $60 at restaurants in Germany) Haart has become this year's 2001 Donnhoff (after the 95pt score for the Piesporter GoldtrÜpfchen Spatlese) and allocations are being cut left and right. What used to be $18 is now $40 and the only explanation is profit somewhere along the chain? The Ohligsberger is Haart's coddled Spatlese with very high aspirations - the winery considers it their best expression in 2008 so you can use your own imagination. This wine is like a synthesis of FX Pichler and the middle Mosel with a rock-soaked, low-pradikat finish that stays on the palate for over a minute. For the field it is playing in, this is a serious achievement and it's as rare as Mosel Riesling gets - expect much higher prices in the near future. Only 80-100 cases produced and 15 of them are for export (I'm not kidding - 180 bottles to split between the wine world). Our miniscule allocation is set to arrive in a few weeks - there is no other parcel available for the US. Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA CA8050 Champ8213 Germ6499