Famille Hugel
Pinot Noir HUGEL 2009
Made from the famous grape variety of Burgundy, this agreeable red wine presents a distinctive Alsace character.
Supple, with intense fruit, it can be drunk with charcuterie, red meat and cheese.
Supple, with intense fruit, it can be drunk with charcuterie, red meat and cheese.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 12.75° % vol.
Residual Sugar : 0.1 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 4.74 g/l
pH : 3.59
Age of vines : 20 years old
Yield : 45 hl/ha hL/ha
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Pinot Noir now represents 8% of the total production of Alsace and with global warming the wines are steadily gaining in density.
The vintage
Not only a fabulous vintage in Alsace but, just like in 1990, also a great vintage all over Europe.
2009 was an emotional vintage for us too, without the benevolent presence of "Uncle Johnny", but with a strong symbol as the two young cousins, Jean Frédéric and Marc André, both born in 1989, worked together at their first harvest.
This was a rich but harmonious vintage, with record levels of ripeness, enabling us to produce a full range of wines including, for the first time since 2001, both Riesling VT and SGN.
2009 was an emotional vintage for us too, without the benevolent presence of "Uncle Johnny", but with a strong symbol as the two young cousins, Jean Frédéric and Marc André, both born in 1989, worked together at their first harvest.
This was a rich but harmonious vintage, with record levels of ripeness, enabling us to produce a full range of wines including, for the first time since 2001, both Riesling VT and SGN.
In the vineyard
Harvested in the first days of harvest, exclusively by hand, from clay and limestone vineyards in a dozen of the most favoured localities in and around Riquewihr. A cool and long growing season give this unique dry wine great finesse and balanced intensity.
Winemaking
The grapes are taken in small tubs to the winery, they are 100% destemmed and macerated for 6 to 7 days. After malo-lactic fermentation, the wine is matured in vats until it is bottled in early summer the following year.
The bottles are then aged in our cellars until released for sale.
The whole production of this wine is closed with DIAM the cork without the risk of cork taint.
The bottles are then aged in our cellars until released for sale.
The whole production of this wine is closed with DIAM the cork without the risk of cork taint.
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Varietal
Pinot Noir : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 12.75° % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 0.1 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 4.74 g/l
pH : : 3.59
Age of vines : : 20 years old
Yield : : 45 hl/ha hL/ha
Advice
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Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989
Morello cherry-red in colour, with purplish tinges, young and lively in appearance.
It has a clear, open, aromatic bouquet of both flowers and soft fruit, especially morello, wild raspberry and bilberry.
Agreeably pleasant and inviting, it is thirst-quenching, light and elegant, yet remains full of flavour, with a nicely fruit-driven aftertaste.
A light red wine, easy and indulgent, to drink within two years to enjoy its fruit, chilled at 15°C, with grilled meat, roast poultry, pot-au-feu, charcuterie.
It has a clear, open, aromatic bouquet of both flowers and soft fruit, especially morello, wild raspberry and bilberry.
Agreeably pleasant and inviting, it is thirst-quenching, light and elegant, yet remains full of flavour, with a nicely fruit-driven aftertaste.
A light red wine, easy and indulgent, to drink within two years to enjoy its fruit, chilled at 15°C, with grilled meat, roast poultry, pot-au-feu, charcuterie.
