Clemens Busch Riesling Trocken 2024

Clemens Busch is the fifth generation winemaker at this estate, having started working in his father’s 2-hectare estate in 1975, and has spent his career expanding the acreage and breadth of his holdings. He now works on 21ha, 12ha+ of which are on the prime slopes of the Marienburg. He stopped using herbicides in 1976, then in 1984 he and wife Rita converted to organics. They were among the first in Germany to commit to organic viticulture and led the movement establishing an association of organic growers in 1986. The estate converted to biodynamics entirely in 2005.

The fruit here is all grown in grey slate from multiple parcels in the Marienburg, a mix of young and old vines up to 50-60 yrs old, vinified 60% in barrels and 40% stainless steel, and 20% of the juice sees malolactic fermentation. Mineral driven and more textural than most Mosel Rieslings.