Riesling (alter)native trocken 2022

The grapes for this wine come from higher-lying plots on the steep slopes of the Pündericher Marienburg vineyard. The native wine is Busch's version of a Riesling-based natural wine from the Moselle. The grapes remain on the skins for 48 hours until pressing. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in 1000-litre wooden barrels and the wine matures there for 14 months.

You can taste the origin as well as the style.

Consistently dry at 1.5 g/l with low alcohol and present acidity of 6.5 g/l.

Bright straw yellow with green reflections

You can clearly smell the winemaker, his origin, but also the contact with the skins and yeast, i.e. the signature. In my opinion, the Clemens Busch winery has made another quantum leap with the 2021 vintage. The nose is enormously versatile. Candied ginger, honeydew melon, but also lemongrass and fennel. It fluctuates extremely. The fruit is clear and offers a mixture of exotic and local flavours. Honeydew melon stands next to pineapple. Yellow apples shine alongside white peach and a marvellous pear. Mint, lemongrass and coriander offer a rather Far Eastern herbal flavour. Finally, a vegetal touch of fennel and aniseed.

On the palate, its "alternative" method dominates even more than on the palate. It is taut and enormously tight-knit. This Riesling really builds up pressure on the palate. It does this without any melting, oiliness or heaviness. The fine tannins blend wonderfully with the tart and acidic flavours. The fruit is also less tropical on the palate and clearly comes through the pomaceous fruit. The Southeast Asian herbs then come into their own wonderfully on the finish. Always paired with plenty of yellow apple skin. Astringent and pleasantly tart.