Clemens Busch, Riesling GG Marienburg Rothenpfad, 2024 [Pre-Arrival ETA 7/15]

Same great vineyard, different rock, different wine. Rothenpfad is the red-slate parcel of Clemens Busch's Marienburg, iron- and copper-rich soil worked by ancient ungrafted vines, and where the blue-slate Fahrlay sings high and floral, this one runs deeper and more savory, with spice and smoke woven through the fruit. Busch is a Mosel biodynamic pioneer (organic since 1984, biodynamic since 2005); this is a bone-dry Grosses Gewachs (grand cru), spontaneously fermented and aged in the estate's old 1,000-liter Fuder casks. Silky and intense now, but young enough to reward serious cellaring. Marked [Pre-Arrival ETA 7/15].