Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Spatlese 2023 NO20231108 Escolma receives careful barrel aging

Escolma receives careful barrel aging and represents the pinnacle of Rodriguez's decades-long commitment to complexity

THE TASTE:

with all the round orchard fruit

tending old Pinot Noir vines in Ville-sur-Arce's clay-rich soils

The Perli Vineyard sits at 2

Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Spatlese 2023 NO20231108 Escolma receives careful barrel agingA Spatlese in the classic Mosel sense: riper grapes, a little more sweetness, but kept perfectly in line by racy acidity. This comes off Clemens Busch's storied Marienburg hill in Punderich, farmed biodynamically from old vines on slate. It's a beautifully balanced, mid weight Riesling where honeyed orchard fruit and citrus play against that signature stony tension, so the sweetness reads as juicy rather than heavy. Lovely now while it's bright and