Dominik Mueller

Early flowering, followed by a damp and relatively cool summer. The cherry vinegar fly, which threatened the grapes in many other winegrowing regions that year, was not as much of a problem in the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer regions as the fly primarily targets red grape varieties. Still, the weather posed a challenge particularly around harvest time in autumn, as it had gotten warmer by then but remained rather wet. There was disease pressure. Many producers had to rush out into the vineyards and pick fast if they wanted to avoid botrytis (noble rot). In the end, good producers managed to turn out high-quality wines that are low in alcohol and high in acidity. As of this writing ten years later, the 2014 vintage shapes up as a solid vintage for the region, especially for white wines.