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Weingut Clemens Busch, Marienburg Riesling 'Fahrlay' Auslese, - Half 2023

Currently out of stock Previously listed by 1 tracked retailer in UK from £29.90; last checked 14 Jul 2026.

Brand / producer	Clemens Busch
Category	White
Retailer type	White Still
Vintage	2023
Grape	Riesling
Region	Mosel
Container size	375ml

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Clemens and his wife Rita are a humble yet hugely respected duo, having built a cult following over the past 30 years for their incredibly precise, richly textured, and terroir-driven wines. In the world of Riesling, the Mosel is king, and their wines capture its essence like no other. Clemens' Fahrlay vines grow on blue slate soils, lending the wines a striking minerality and a subtle saline edge. These are incredibly focused, tightly structured wines with remarkable drive and purity. Since 2015, they’ve been part of Respekt, a group of biodynamic winemakers. But Clemens has been ahead of the game for decades—he ditched herbicides back in 1976 and embraced organic viticulture long before it became mainstream. Nowhere else is the connection between vine, winemaker, and terroir so perfectly expressed—and honestly, we’ve yet to find Rieslings quite like these.

Vineyard provenance

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Fahrlay

Pündericher Marienburg · Hard blue slate, unique within the producer's Marienburg holdings. · Blue slate with deep water-bearing fissures. · Steep sector beside the Pünderich ferry landing.

Riesling · Biodynamic steep-slope viticulture. · Respekt-BIODYN

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Pündericher Marienburg

Mosel · Predominantly grey slate in the original sector below the former Marienburg convent; named subsectors include red-, blue- and grey-slate parcels. · Devonian slate in multiple colours and degrees of weathering. · South to south-east-facing slope across the Mosel from Pünderich.

Riesling · Biodynamically grown; steep and terraced sectors are worked without machinery where access prevents it. · Respekt-BIODYN

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