The Riesling Marienburg Grosse Lage "Raffes" 2020 by Clemens Busch presents itself as an off-dry Mosel Riesling of impressive depth, skilfully combining juicy fruit sweetness and salty slate minerality.
Bottler: Winery Clemens Busch, Kirchstrasse 37, 56862 Pünderich / Germany
In the glass
Colour
Sparkling golden yellow
Nose
Boskoop apple, vineyard peach and apricot, underpinned by lemon peel, meadow herbs, honey and delicate malty notes
Palate
Pure juiciness and fruit sweetness in harmony with spicy tannins, salty minerality and a long finish
Character
Brilliant, expressive and pleasantly challenging with great ageing potential
Pairing
Carrot soup with ginger and cream cheese dumplings, grilled mackerel fillets with sweetcorn, and fillet of veal with candied orange slices
Notes
A Riesling masterpiece from the Pündericher Marienburg, shaped by extremely deep-rooting vines in slate rock and certified biodynamic craftsmanship.
Tasting note
Colour & Appearance
In the glass, the wine presents an inviting, sparkling golden yellow.
Nose
Right from the first swirl, it reveals itself to be deep and immensely expressive. The nose unveils a complex interplay of Boskoop apple, juicy vineyard peach and apricot, underpinned by fresh lemon zest. Spicy accents of a flowering herb meadow, fine honey and delicate malty notes lend it additional power.
Palate
On the palate, an immense juiciness meets a perfectly balanced play of fruit sweetness and tangible, savoury tannin. Crafted in an off-dry style, it floods the mouth with impressive density. A noticeable salty minerality challenges the palate and gifts this Riesling masterpiece a fascinating depth.
Finish
The finish is extraordinarily long, complex and reverberates with mineral persistence. A finish that promises outstanding ageing potential for many years to come.
Terroir & Origin
Hails from the legendary Pündericher Marienburg in the Mosel valley. The soil is dominated by slate, where the vines root up to eight metres deep into the rock. Clemens Busch has consistently eschewed herbicides here since 1976.
Grape Variety & Vinification
Single-varietal Riesling from ancient, partially ungrafted vines. The grapes mature in the cellar with patient devotion: 80 percent of the fermentation takes place spontaneously in century-old, 1,000-litre wooden Fuder casks, followed by extended ageing on the fine lees.
Food Pairings
Pairs brilliantly with a gently spiced carrot soup with ginger and cream cheese dumplings. Equally impressive alongside grilled mackerel fillets with sweetcorn and cucumber or a refined fillet of veal with candied orange slices, pomegranate seeds and toasted pine nuts.
Particularities
The estate has been certified biodynamic since 1986 and has carried the Demeter seal since 2015. A masterpiece from steep Mosel slate slopes with an unmistakable, seismic expression of terroir.
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