DostertElbling “Alte Reben” 2023 (750ml)
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To me, this wine is fireworks and shows, along with a wine like Hild’s “Zehnkommanull,” the staggering potential of the Obermosel and Elbling. This wine is razor sharp, crushed minerals, sweet tarts, aspirin, chalk, anything pulverized into a clean dust, candied lime zest, sea salt and more rocks. The wine has a very compact, dense core of gauze and glycerin, a miniature, porcelain structure that defines the wine without giving it any weight. The élevage too is near-perfect, the neutral wood offering the wine just the perfect amount of presence to flirt with ripeness, and then to pull back just to the line – this is a stunning and dangerous balance. I think this is a great, great wine and is likely what old timers think of when they think of Chablis.
This wine is sourced from 40-year-old vines that Dostert has worked with a lot to bring them to a good place.
| Unit Type | 750ml |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | 10% |
| Wine Class | Still White |
| Address | Upper Mosel |
| Estimated Price | $35 |
| Mosel Fine Wines | The 2023er Elbling Alte Reben (with L-Nr. 2-24) was made from fruit picked on 40-year-old vines and was fermented and aged along natural lines, i.e. without intervention, and was bottled after a rough filtering and with little SO2 added (30 mg/l).This yellow-white-colored wine offers a stunning nose made of pear, fern, mirabelle, white peach, and chalk. It has a stunning feel on the palate, with a silky side, chalky minerals, citrusy elements, and subtle herbs. The finish is just gloriously elegant and almost endless. This just sings a hymn to the greatness of this grape variety too often depicted as “ok for easy-drinking wines but no more.” What an experience! | No. 76 July 2025 |