O Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 2–8 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, Moroccan vegetable tagine, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the biodynamic pioneers Clemens and Rita Busch, the 'O' Riesling represents a fascinating, avant-garde departure from traditional Mosel winemaking while paying homage to ancient, pre-industrial techniques. The 'O' stands for both 'Orange' and 'Ohne' (meaning 'without' in German, referring to the absence of added sulfur). Sourced from the steep, slate-laden slopes of the Pündericher Marienburg, this skin-contact white wine undergoes an extended maceration on the skins in traditional large oak Fuder casks. This natural, unfiltered approach coaxes out a highly textured, amber-hued expression of Riesling. It weaves a complex narrative of dried stone fruits, wild herbs, black tea, and smoky minerality, showing a completely different side of the Mosel's signature grape.
🍾 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
11% - 12%