Clemens Busch, Pundericher Marienburg Falkenlay Riesling GG

Clemens Busch, Pundericher Marienburg Falkenlay Riesling GGThe 2020 Marienburg GG Falkenlay opens with a clear, pure and crunchy slate aroma intermingled with generous, ripe and concentrated, very elegant Riesling fruit with herbal aromas. Full bodied and rich yet refined and saline on the palate, this is a very delicate, pure yet also lush and superbly balanced Falkenlay with lingering salinity, fine tannins and mineral tension. It's very long and almost austere in its merciless terroir character. A great,

and based on the results

the upper-tier Rieslings here seem to have suffered neither dilution nor obscurant botrytis

This multifaceted red features raspberry

A curious nose

pear and white peach scents

but that's not the point of this production

" The wines are amazingly good

but had to recognise after one vintage that this was not possible

silky and fresh

the stems seem to have surrendered more here

a controversial vintage

with its hints of herbs