Albert Boxler - Pinot Gris Sommerberg Wiptal Grand Cru 2023 (750ml)
Price: $98.00
| Producer | Albert Boxler |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Varietal | Pinot Gris |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 11076 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2023 Pinot Gris Wibtal Sommerberg Grand Cru was picked at 400 meters of elevation facing south-southeast. The gentlest reduction adds a delicious smoky tinge to the nose with pear and citrus tones in equal measure. The palate once again is a little mind-bender lending Riesling poise freshness and citric verve to this stony taut superbly sleek Pinot Gris. The zestiness on the palate becomes ever more intense only aided and abetted by its vivid juiciness. The 2023 is delicious and so memorable. (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.
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