Clemens Busch, Marienburg 'Raffes' GL, 2020
Clemens Busch, Marienburg 'Raffes' GL, 2020
- 75cl
- 12.5%
- White Still
- Riesling
- Organic
- Biodynamic
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
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Optimal drinking window: Now - 2060
Clemens Busch’s Raffes 2020 is a powerful, single-vineyard Riesling from the steep slopes of the Mosel. Sourced from 100-year-old, ungrafted vines rooted deep in the slate soils of the Marienburg vineyard, it’s the estate’s most intense and structured expression.
The wine comes from Weingut Clemens Busch, one of the leading biodynamic estates in the Mosel. Clemens and his wife Rita have been pioneers of organic and biodynamic farming here since the 1980s, long before it became common practice. They focus on single-vineyard bottlings that highlight the different slate soils (blue, grey, red) of the Marienburg hillside.
What the critics say:
"The 2020 Marienburg Raffes is pure, very intense and fresh on the crystalline nose, with popcorn, mocha and crushed slate aromas. Silky, lush and generous on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense, intense and refined yet crystalline and saline, firmly structured and very sustainable Raffes with fine tannins and a long and promising finish. This is a highly complex dry Riesling that is not as soft or as feminine as the Felsterrasse but behaves like the Hermannshöhle to the Dellchen. More aristocratic and shy rather than generous and tender. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022."
"Welcome to the dry riesling deep end! Super-intense and super-subtle citrus aromas are married to mind-blowing concentration and mineral freshness in this monumental dry Mosel riesling that's only just beginning to reveal its wet-stone treasures. Patience will be richly rewarded. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2023."
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