2018 Clemens Busch Mosel Marienburg GG Rothenpfad Riesling

	Spicy, tropical style Riesling
	Typified by red slate
	Powerful, rich and very gastronomic

 

 

Rothenpfad is already referred to as one of the best parts of Marienburg on an old Mosel wine list. The plot covers approximately one hectare. The more than seventy year old sticks are planted on a soil with red slate. This is quite rare in the Mosel, but you can also find this type of soil in famous vineyards such as Ürziger Würzgarten and Erdener Prälat. Rich in copper and iron, red slate produces powerful, spicy wines. Due to its mineral, concentrated and structured character, the Rothenpfad is pre-eminently a gourmet wine. Preferably drink it between four and twenty years after harvest.

 

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JR: 18.5 / 20 points. The Rothenpfad is a little more generous on the nose than its 'little' brother (sister?) Marienburg with a concentrated fragrance of ripe fruit covering the whole spectrum from local orchards to exotic citrus fruit. On the palate the wine has avoided the sweet pitfalls of 2018 better than most, finding a good balance between zesty orange, herbal freshness and rocky minerality. Still quite compact, but with plenty of promise.