2021 Boeckel Wiebelsberg Grand Cru Riesling
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From a steep sandstone site, the 2021 Riesling Grand Cru Wiebelsberg was aged on the lees until July of the following year, then was filtered and aged in large oak vats until the bottling in December 2023. Based on averaging 50-year-old vines, this is a full-bodied, elegant and persistently savory Riesling with a tight, still young and intense, well-concentrated and tensioned finish. This has excellent aging capacity. 13.5% stated alcohol. Diam 10 cork. Tasted at the domaine in November 2024.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
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The 2021 Riesling Wiebelsberg Grand Cru is from Boeckel's substantial 2.5-hectare plot, two of which are contiguous right in the heart of Wiebelsberg. Boeckel says, “This is not Riesling; this is Wiebelsberg.” The nose combines nettle and flinty reduction to delicious effect. The fruit is of crushed white currant, star fruit, juicy and bright but with a tropical edge. The palate is serene, clear, smooth and absolutely linear, cushioning its exquisite freshness with notions of green banana, moss, nettle and a whole lot of greenish creaminess. The 2021 is a great, fine-boned, elegant and unusual Riesling from a site that deserves far more attention. (Bone-Dry)