Riesling from Grey Slate 2022/2023 Clemens Busch Organic

Nutritional information per 100 ml

Contains negligible amounts of fat, saturates, protein and salt.

A wonderful fragrance of mandarin, persimmon and lemongrass on the nose. Aromas of ripe fruit on the palate, again mandarin and persimmon, joined by juicy apricot.

Clemens Busch Wine Estate

The municipality of Pünderich lies in the Mosel wine-growing region and is the first village of the so-called Terrassenmosel. The Busch family’s old manor house was built in the typical half-timbered style in 1663. It stands directly on the banks of the Moselle, overlooking the Marienburg vineyards opposite. More than 40 years ago, in the 1970s, his father relocated the vaulted cellar and rebuilt it higher up the hillside to protect it from flooding. During this period, Clemens Busch joined the business, later taking over management of the estate with his wife Rita. In 1984, the couple converted to organic farming. Today, the vineyards cover just under 10 hectares across two sites, Marienburg and Nonnengarten, planted with Riesling and Müller-Thurgau, as well as a little Pinot Noir. The Riesling grown on these steep Moselle slopes is delicate and finely structured yet concentrated. Weathered slate soils and the particular climate play their part in creating these frequently acclaimed wines.

Clemens Busch is an organic winegrower through and through, consistently continuing in the cellar what begins in the vineyard: “Gentle grape processing, long pressing times at low pressure, clarification solely by sedimentation and the avoidance of all fining agents preserve the grape juice’s full aromas. The wines are mostly matured in the Fuder casks traditional to the Mosel,” says Busch. Clemens is certain to pass this enthusiasm on to his youngest son Johannes, who has completed his studies and returned to the estate after various internships at other wine-growing businesses.