Vinous: 97 Points
The 2023 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is from very old vines. One parcel is now over 100 years old and the other is exactly 70 years old. Boxler emphasizes that this really is only from the old vines themselves?any re-planted younger vines were put into the Riesling Réserve. Stone dust and green-yellow citrus aromas shimmer with the slightest reduction combining into a wonderfully appetizing nose. The palate is concentrated with a slight phenolic frame mouthwatering brightness freshness and structure helping each other out. Smooth tangerine appears on the mid-palate with an almost creamy effect forming an elixir of a wine. A luminous echo of tangerine reverberates on its uncompromising superbly sleek body. Whoa. (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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