Albert Boxler - Riesling Sommerberg Eckberg Grand Cru 2023 (750ml)
Price: $106.00
| Producer | Albert Boxler |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Varietal | Riesling |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 11078 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2023 Riesling Eckberg Sommerberg Grand Cru is from an elevated parcel with almost no topsoil reaching up to 400 meters in elevation. The nose here is more subdued suggesting dried ripe citrus and stone fruit juiciness. This is even sleeker than Vanne charging like an arrow with zesty freshness despite its relative mildness. Boxler just stays the course or the vines do expressing so much verve and stony poise. The 2023 is bracing brisk and thrilling. (Dry) - By Anne Krebiehl MW on January 2025 Jean Boxler?s 2023 Rieslings are nothing short of hair-raising exquisite and masterful expressions of his sites. With regard to the 2023 vintage Boxler noted that it was ?Dry dry dry. It was alright for the old vines but difficult for the younger ones.? There was just 200 mm of rain in Niedermorschwihr from the beginning of the year to the end of harvest resulting in low vigour small berries and low yields. This was Boxler?s lowest average Riesling yield to date down to 20-25 hL/ha from the average of 35 hL/ha. Riesling was slow to ripen. Boxler offered ?It was funny. We started harvesting Pinot very early and picked Riesling only in October. The leaves stayed green after we got some rain in September.? As of this year Boxler is joined at home by his son Louis who finished his studies in Montpellier and completed stages in Corsica Canada and Germany the latter at Keller in Rheinhessen.
v
