Albert Boxler, Alsace
"If you're looking for great dry Rieslings of the world, you can't go past Domaine Albert Boxler, and there are unlikely to be better Rieslings on granite soils anywhere."
- Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate
Albert Boxler er et af stjernenavnene i Alsace. Jean Boxler er ved roret og kvaliteten har aldrig været bedre fra denne fornemme adres...
The 2021 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is made from an elevated parcel planted in 1953, facing south-south-east, on pure granite with very fine topsoil. A gorgeous note of green Seville orange peeks shyly but alluringly from the glass. The palate reprises this fine citrus notion, veering from Seville orange to lemon and back to tangerine. The body is fine-boned, crystalline, linear, bright. A picture of Riesling litheness and purity, where everything is about stony depth, utterly sleek and driven. bone-dry and a huge joy with a super-long citrus finish. Lip-smacking and exciting. (Bone-dry) - Anne Krebiehl MW
Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg Vanne offers a clear, deep and fresh, very delicate but also complex bouquet of cold, wet stones with coolish, herbal, lemon-scented notes. Beautifully defined, precise and elegant. On the palate, this is a tight, pure, crunchy and salty Riesling with great intensity, fine tannins and a dry and serious, almost aristocratic, endlessly salty finish. This is a Riesling from crushed stones. An amazing Sommerberg indeed. - Stephan Reinhardt
The 2021 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is made from an elevated parcel planted in 1953, facing south-south-east, on pure granite with very fine topsoil. A gorgeous note of green Seville orange peeks shyly but alluringly from the glass. The palate reprises this fine citrus notion, veering from Seville orange to lemon and back to tangerine. The body is fine-boned, crystalline, linear, bright. A picture of Riesling litheness and purity, where everything is about stony depth, utterly sleek and driven. bone-dry and a huge joy with a super-long citrus finish. Lip-smacking and exciting. (Bone-dry) - Anne Krebiehl MW
