Marienburg Felsenterasse Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from the vintage release, showing magnificent development with age.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Marienburg Felsenterrasse Riesling represents the absolute pinnacle of Clemens Busch's dry winemaking, sourced from a legendary, extremely steep terraced parcel within the Pündericher Marienburg. Here, ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines—many over a century old—cling to sheer cliffs of soft grey slate. Cultivated under strict biodynamic principles, these low-yielding vines yield fruit of extraordinary concentration. In the cellar, the wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation and extended aging on its gross lees in traditional, neutral oak Fuder casks. This patient, non-interventionist approach coaxes out a majestic, multi-layered masterpiece defined by intense smoky minerality, wild herbal complexity, and a profound, saline-driven finish that captures the raw, dramatic spirit of the Mosel valley.
🍾 About the Producer
Situated in the picturesque village of Pünderich along the dramatic slopes of Germany's Middle Mosel, Weingut Clemens Busch has been led by Clemens and Rita Busch since taking over the historic family estate in the 1980s. Regarded as pioneering trailblazers of organic and biodynamic viticulture in the region, the estate is dedicated to natural, low-intervention winemaking that deeply respects the ecosystem. Their work centers around the legendary, south-facing Pündericher Marienburg hillside, where varying sub-parcels of gray, red, and blue slate are vinified separately to showcase pure terroir expression. Clemens Busch is internationally acclaimed for profound, textured, and mineral-driven dry Rieslings—most notably their Grosses Gewächs expressions like Fahrlay, Falkenlay, and Rothenpfad—alongside exquisite noble sweet and sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%