Domaine Albert Boxler

Niedermorschwihr, Alsace

Domaine Albert Boxler is an artisanal, father-and-son-owned winery located in the mountain town of Niedermorschwihr, just 20 minutes to west of Colmar. Due to the estate’s superior terroir – it is situated at the same elevation as all the better grand cru sites in Alsace – as well as to restricted yields, Domaine Boxler produces wines of the very highest quality. Encompassing some 13 hectares, the estate averages an annual production of 60,000 bottles. When asked about the style of his wines, the young Jean Boxler invariably responds, “that’s what the vintage produced.” Jean doesn't work to craft the wines to a particular level of sweetness, and the wines are left to ferment at their own pace. Accordingly, Boxler wines are a reflection of the vineyards from which they are sourced and of the year in which they were harvested. The quality of the most basic of Boxler wines is a reflection of the grower’s skills, as even the Sylvaner is a joy to taste!

“The domaine of Albert Boxler – where son Jean has been calling the shots for several years now – has long exhibited a consistency and quality that very few other wineries in France – much less Alsace – can equal, and that is demonstrated not just by their superb results with ‘noble’ varieties in less than easy vintages, but already at the ostensibly ‘low end’ of the varietal spectrum, where one can only wish there were more estates rendering wines of such delicious distinction.” - The Wine Advocate; average rating: 92 points.