Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Kabinett Punderich 2024 NO20230927 Second wines from good estates

Second wines from good estates in great vintages remain one of the few honest ways to drink mature Bordeaux without a fight

raisins and vanilla with touch of burnt sugar on the finish

on a clay hillside that lends intensity and structure

fermented with native yeasts in steel and otherwise left alone

and Cramant

Clemens Busch Mosel Riesling Kabinett Punderich 2024 NO20230927 Second wines from good estatesClemens Busch is the man who refused to let the Mosel forget its old vineyard names. When a 1971 law lumped his whole hillside under the single name Marienburg, he spent his career bottling by the original parcels and even by the slate color underneath them. This Kabinett from Punderich is the gentle, low octane end of the range, a featherweight Riesling with just a kiss of sweetness balanced by zippy Mosel acidity. Think of it as the bottle you reach