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Léon Boesch - Riesling Zinnkoepfle Grand Cru 2007

Léon Boesch - Riesling Zinnkoepfle Grand Cru 2007

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4/5 (2 customers)

The estate’s 2007 vintage of the Zinnkoepflé Grand Cru Riesling already beautifully reflects its prestigious limestone-and-sandstone terroir, with rich aromas of anise, menthol, and ripe fruit, and a fresh, full-bodied, and highly complex palate, supported by a lemony acidity. An already promising vintage that bodes well for a favorable evolution.

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Estate

Domaine Léon Boesch

Vintage

Grand Cru Riesling Zinnkoepflé

Vintage

2007

Designation

Alsace

Region

Alsace

Grape varieties

100% Riesling

Regions

calcareous-sandstone soils (Muschelkalk), south-facing

Viticulture

Organic farming since 2000: tilling, treatments with Bordeaux mixture, herbal infusions, and plant-based preparations, as well as fertilization with compost produced on the estate

Grape Harvest

Manual, with sorting if necessary

Winemaking

Long pressing of whole grapes, light settling, fermentation in traditional oak casks with native yeasts

Livestock farming

Aged in oak barrels (the same ones used for fermentation), on the lees until spring, then on the fine lees until bottling in late August

Alcohol content

13%

Organic

Yes

Nose

already very Zinnkoepflé-like, with its aromas of anise, menthol, and ripe fruit

Palate

A fresh, full-bodied attack, highly complex, supported by lemony acidity

Serve

at 8-10°C

Open

30 minutes before

Drink from

2009

Drink before

2017

Food and wine pairings

Food and wine pairings

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2024 guide): 3 stars (High-quality production, setting the standard in its sector)

About the estate:

Upon returning to the estate in 1999, Matthieu Boesch quickly decided to make the transition to organic and biodynamic farming, earning certification as early as 2006. However, while these sustainable practices are one thing, it took more time for the wines to find their balance in the glass—for the added acidity and tension to develop and harmonize over time. For the past two vintages, we’ve found that this is now the case. Good news!

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Rated estate (2024 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing wines of a high standard—you won’t be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the estate:

As ardent advocates of biodynamics for over a decade, Matthieu and his wife Marie represent the eleventh generation of the Léon Boesch estate, located in the heart of the Vallée Noble. Here, the Zinnkoepflé grand cru is now dedicated to Gewürztraminer, with the aim of establishing it as a benchmark for a dry, full-bodied style. The estate has been practicing biodynamic agriculture since 2000, and the winery inaugurated in Westhalten in 2010 is a model of bioclimatic design. The wines possess depth and best express the terroirs of the region.

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4/5

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