2023 Weingut Clemens Busch Vom Blauen Schiefer Riesling, Mosel, Germany Mixtura Light pinkish gravelly grèzes litées

Light pinkish gravelly grèzes litées soil that sits on White Oolite

It finished at a modest 19

planted to yellow schist at 450m elevation in 1993

and his uncle

where the soil was considered too cold for wine 20 years ago

2023 Weingut Clemens Busch Vom Blauen Schiefer Riesling, Mosel, Germany Mixtura Light pinkish gravelly grèzes litéesThe blue slate entry in Clemens' "slate series," identified by its steel blue capsule. Usually released later than the grey and red slate wines, vinified in steel. A dry Riesling of length and strength. The blue slate (blauen schiefer) consistently lends firmness, incredible mineral tension, and a particularly haunting florality that drops strong men to their knees. "Vom blauen Schiefer translates to on the blue slate. The Riesling grapes for this