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Albert Boxler

Jean Boxler hadn’t bottled his 2016s when I visited last time, so I got to taste only through his range of 2015s. According to Boxler, 2015 was a hot year that gave structured wines thanks to very small grapes with high skin-to-must ratios (about 25% greater than usual). He believes that in 2015 it was all the Pinot varieties that fared best, followed closely by Gewürz, and that all the 2015 wines were readier to drink earlier than is common for Alsace. “They seem like they were made in the deep south,” Boxler told me; and even though he prefers more vertical wines, he was happy with his 2015s, as he finds they offer the flesh of a warmer vintage without losing the acidity and lift that his estate’s wines are known for. However, like many of his colleagues, he did declassify some higher-acid wines into those marked by lower levels of acidity so as to achieve the right balance in all his 2015 offerings. For example, no wine from the Kirchberg plot was individually bottled in 2015; Boxler needed to use that wine’s freshness to lift wine made with grapes from sites such as the Steinglitz and Kirchthal, two much warmer sites. Last but not least, work on the new underground cellar was completed, giving Boxler more space to work in and greater capacity for stocking older vintages.

From Alsace: The 2016s & Late-Released 2015s (Apr 2018) by Ian D'Agata

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2016 Sylvaner

Release Price: $33

Color: White

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