These wines come from grapes whose harvest is delayed, which has the effect of contributing to the over-ripeness of the grapes.
Thus, the riper these grapes offer more sugar and alcohol. It is therefore, by an extreme maturity that the taste is amplified and gives this soft juice, aromatic power. But also, the gift of long keeping.
Exceptional wines are generally referred to as “Vendanges Tardives” and “Selection de Grains Nobles”.
However, not all vintages lend themselves to this. The off-season after the harvest is decisive for preserving the grapes that will produce the excellence of this juice.
The grapes are depleted of water. The consequence of this reduction gives the juice more sugar and aromas. This has the corollary of a high concentration of alcohol.
In summary, these wines are sublimated by a strong intensity in aromas and sweetness. These exceptional wines can be kept for more than 10 years.
This Pinot Gris, selection of noble grains, is produced in exceptional years, the result of a favorable climate.
2017 is therefore a special vintage forged by the weather, a mild late season useful to the success of this cuvée in the selection of noble grains.
Without rain, the season was ideal for the development of noble rot.
650 bottles come from plots that are around forty years old.
Its opulent golden yellow color and very expressive nose are characterized by notes of acacia honey. On the palate this wine is rich and fat, with a nice acid frame on the finish. A round, gourmet wine with a nice note of freshness.
This bottle is the testimony of an expression of a late harvest, in its most singular way with only influence the Alsatian micro-climate. This wine comes from a plot, the «kalkofen» planted in 1965.
Harvested by hand in overripe, the grapes are gently pressed for 6 hours to preserve their aromas.
The vinification is done by gravity and aging on fine lees in oak casks centenary before a spring bottling.
This bottle is the expression of a late-harvested Riesling from the granitic terroirs of Turckheim.
Harvested during the second lockdown, this «Riesling Hors la Loi» has benefited from a prolonged ripening on its feet to reach a higher alcohol potential.
Following a manual harvest, the juices ferment naturally under the impulse of indigenous yeasts.
❝ Steep and sunny soils, with an inclination of up to 45° ❞
The diversity of Alsatian wine-growing soils, rich in 13 geological varieties, composes a mosaic of terroirs conducive to the production of exceptional wines with a strong personality.
At the Justin Boxler estate, the soils are essentially granitic (Brand, Sommerberg, Wineck-Schlossberg), limestone (Florimont, Pfoeller), clay and marl sandstone.
Granitic: at Deux Micas
“La colline du Soleil”, the Grand Cru Sommerberg located in Niedermorschwihr on 29 ha and a 45° slope. Facing south.
“The land of fire”, the Grand Cru Brand located in Turckheim on 58 ha. A hillside in an arc.
“La colline du chateau”, the Grand Cru Wineck-Schlossberg on 28 ha in Katzenthal.
Limestone
“Le Mont Fleurie”, the Grand Cru Florimont located in Ingersheim on 21 ha. A hillside in an arc.
Listening to the Terroir
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