Vom Roten Schiefer Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, smoked trout
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the dramatic, steep slopes of Pünderich in the Middle Mosel, Clemens Busch's 'Vom Roten Schiefer' (meaning 'from red slate') is a masterclass in soil-specific terroir. While the Mosel is famous for its blue and grey Devonian slate, a rare vein of iron-rich red slate runs through the Rothenpfad sector of the legendary Marienburg vineyard. This unique soil composition imparts a distinctively warm, spicy, and mineral-driven character to the Riesling, marked by notes of wild herbs and stone fruits. Crafted using biodynamic principles, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and aging in traditional large oak Fuder casks, this wine beautifully captures the tension between vibrant acidity and rich, textured minerality that defines the estate's artisanal philosophy.
🍾 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
11.5% - 12.5%