Famille Hugel Riesling Estate '16
Famille Hugel
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A new selection "parcellaire" of carefully chosen plots of the Famille Hugel estate situated in Riquewihr
crus. Most of the plots chosen for this new wine are being converted into Organic viticulture. The unique marl soils of
Riquewihr, in and around the Schoenenbourg give a characteristic minerality to wines from this remarkable terro
depth and of patience.
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- Wine Country
- France
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- Grape varieties wine
- Riesling
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- Wine-food combination
- This is a gastronomic wine that combines well with sea fish: roast turbot, ray in butter, king prawns and lobster, pike in Riesling, smoked eel, Arctic char. Coq au Riesling, veal Blanquette, roast pork.
About this wine
Description & facts
- Producer
- Famille Hugel
- Country of origin
- France
- Wine Region
- Alsace
- Classification
- AOC
- Vintage
- 2016
- Grape varieties wine
- Riesling
- % of grape varieties wine
- Riesling
- Tasting note
- Very attractive to the eye with a nice and intense density, straw and lemon yellow with plenty wonderful brightness and silvery sparkle over tight and sophisticatedly smooth legs. For the nose it is generous and complex with an attractive purity in its expression, well harmony between the fruity aroma and an excellent minerality which is quite unusual considering its youth. Spring flowers, Granny Smith apples, white peaches, lilies, acacia blossom. On the palate it leaves a sensation of fullness with all of the strength and lively no and its region’s river bed clay soil that guarantees its generosity, body and wonderful structure leaving a nice, full and lo lasting finish.
- Wine-food combination
- This is a gastronomic wine that combines well with sea fish: roast turbot, ray in butter, king prawns and lobster, pike in Riesling, smoked eel, Arctic char. Coq au Riesling, veal Blanquette, roast pork.
- Vinification
- After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly fil before bottling, and the bottles are then aged in our cellars until released for sale.The whole production of this wine is closed with DIAMthe cork without the risk of cork taint.
- Location Vineyard
- Selection "parcellaire" of some of the best plots within the Hugel family estate in Riquewihr in its most prestigious crus. A veryclear dominance of the Schoenenbourg character with its unique marly character.
- Soil
- Clay and Limestone
- Closure
- Cork
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 8°
- Ageing potential
- 5-12 years
- Awards & ratings
- 92/100 Wine Enthusiast
