Marienburg Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Marienburg Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule represents the pinnacle of sweet wine craftsmanship from the historic, steep slopes of Pünderich. The vineyard itself takes its name from a former Franciscan convent, Marienburg, which once stood high above the Mosel loop. In this dramatic amphitheater of slate, Clemens Busch meticulously selects botrytis-affected grapes by hand to craft this liquid gold. The Gold Capsule designation is a traditional Mosel indicator of an Auslese of exceptional concentration, sweetness, and complexity, far exceeding standard bottling requirements. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts and aged with patience, this wine captures the intense minerality of the Marienburg's diverse slate soils, balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity that prevents the luscious sweetness from ever feeling heavy.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Clemens Busch is a benchmark biodynamic producer established within family lineage since 1802 and headquartered in a 1663 half-timbered riverside estate in Pünderich, at the threshold of the Terrassenmosel. Celebrated as early champions of ecological viticulture in Germany, Clemens and Rita Busch converted to organic methods in 1984 and later embraced biodynamics, now managing roughly 20 hectares alongside their son Johannes. Viticulture is dominated by ungrafted, steep-slope Riesling vines perched on the dramatic Pündericher Marienburg amphitheater. The estate meticulously isolates individual historical parcels—such as Fahrlay, Falkenlay, Felsterrasse, and Rothenpfad—categorized on capsules and labels by bedrock typology across blue, grey, and red Devonian slates. In the cellar, natural fermentations proceed spontaneously in traditional neutral wooden Fuder casks with prolonged fine lees contact. The resulting dry Grosses Gewächs and pristine Prädikat dessert bottlings deliver structural depth, saline minerality, and profound textural complexity.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
7-8.5%