Vom Grauen Schiefer Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout, spicy Thai green curry, roasted pork belly
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the biodynamic pioneer Clemens Busch, the 'Vom Grauen Schiefer' (meaning 'from grey slate') Riesling is a profound liquid translation of the steep, dramatic slopes of Pünderich in the Mosel valley. While the estate is famous for isolating parcels by slate color, this bottling focuses entirely on the classic grey slate soils of the Marienburg vineyard. These devonian slate soils absorb the daytime sun and radiate warmth back to the vines at night, imparting a signature smoky minerality and elegant herbal complexity to the wine. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in traditional, neutral oak Fuder casks and aged on its fine lees, this Riesling beautifully marries the Mosel's historic winemaking heritage with a vibrant, contemporary precision, showing off notes of white peach, wet stone, and wild thyme.
🍾 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)
11.5-12.5%