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Clemens Busch, Riesling GG Marienburg Fahrlay, 2024

White Wine from Mosel, Germany
by Clemens Busch
$89.99
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This is the blue-slate cru of Clemens Busch's Marienburg, and the whole point of it is tension. Fahrlay is the only parcel of blue slate the Busches farm on this steep Pundericher hillside, and it gives a Riesling that hums with sizzling acidity, salinity, and a floral lift you don't get from the red or gray soils next door. Busch has farmed here organically since 1984 and biodynamically since 2005, one of the Mosel's true pioneers; this is a bone-dry Grosses Gewachs (grand cru) from vines up to 80 years old, spontaneously fermented and raised in the estate's ancient 1,000-liter Fuder casks. It's charming even young but built to age for a decade-plus. Marked [Pre-Arrival ETA 7/15].

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Antonio Galloni

96 points

"The 2024 Riesling Pündericher Marienburg Grosses Gewächs is from the gray slate of a parcel below the castle. Stone and a touch of reduction make for an alluring nose. The palate already is a wonderful unity of stoniness, slate and ripe, taut, juicy lemon. It has a beautifully bright linearity, moving forward with lovely balance and drive on the svelte body." —Anne Krebiehl MW

Robert Parker

94 points

"The 2024 Fahrlay GG Pündericher Marienburg offers clear, elegant and aromatic pineapple, stone fruit and ripe peach aromas intertwined with saline notes, flinty slate and even some floral nuances. Elegant and refined on the palate, this is a dense, crystalline and dry but irresistibly aromatic and stimulatingly saline Fahrlay with a lemon-bitter finish. It comes from up to 80-year-old vines on blue slate. This is spectacularly charming for its young age but indicates excellent potential as well. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in March 2026." —Stephan Reinhardt

More about Clemens Busch

Clemens, the 5th of his name, along with wife Rita, are stalwarts of biodynamics and natural wine making, a rarity in the Mosel. Situated on the diving line between the middle and lower Mosel, they've single handedly regained recognition for their home vineyard, Marienberg.

The Marienberg was collateral damage of German bureaucracy in 1971. It's 23 hectares were expanded to include 91 hectares and its reputation quickly faded. Clemens and Rita have spent a lifetime teasing out the once recognized parcels and applying their lost names. Red, grey and blue slate snake through the vineyard. Each bottle, besides being a single vineyard, is further divided by slate type with a corresponding capsule to indicate which color it was grown on.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with lemon and herbs, seared scallops, sushi and sashimi, Thai green curry, or a plate of aged Comte.

Tasting Profile

Aromatic pineapple and ripe peach over flinty, salty slate; dry and full-bodied with high, crystalline acidity and a long, faintly lemon-bitter finish.

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