Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Rothenpfad Grosses Gewachs 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red aged on lees for 34

aged on lees for 34 months before disgorgement with zero dosage

which is exactly the line the good producers hold and the bad ones don't

David Marcel and Loreto Garau make theirs from old vines in Maule (some of the plantings date to the 1890s)

Juniper takes a backseat to salty grapefruit and hops

finely structured

Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Rothenpfad Grosses Gewachs 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red aged on lees for 34The Rothenpfad is the geological oddball of Clemens Busch's lineup. It sits on a vein of iron and copper rich red slate that surfaces in only a handful of famous Mosel sites before ending right here in Punderich. That red slate gives this bone dry Grosses Gewachs Riesling a distinct personality: more spice, more savory depth, a slightly warmer feeling core than its gray slate siblings. Farmed biodynamically from old, ungrafted vines, it's powerful yet