Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Falkenlay Grosses Gewachs 2023 070226CHILL This is the wine Piedmont

This is the wine Piedmont pours before the Nebbiolo comes out

and just starting to show waxy

Oak-vinified with subtle integration

Baking spices drive this bitter orange liqueur

It drinks like a thoughtful California take on a Chianti-bar pour

Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Marienburg Falkenlay Grosses Gewachs 2023 070226CHILL This is the wine PiedmontThis is Clemens Busch at full volume. The Falkenlay parcel sits on gray slate and is one of the most protected, prized corners of the Marienburg hill, historically a grower favorite for its depth of fruit. Bottled as a Grosses Gewachs, this is a bone dry Riesling built for the table and the cellar, where slate driven minerality meets serious concentration and a long, mineral soaked finish. Busch farms biodynamically with old, ungrafted vines, and it