Famille Hugel
Pinot Noir HUGEL 2010
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 : 12.65° % vol.
Residual Sugar : 0.2 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 5.76 g/l
pH : 3.53
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
The winter of 2010 was particularly harsh, with more than 30 days below zero, and temperatures dropped as far as -17°C. Budburst on 8 April was early, but flowering which began on 10 June took almost 3 weeks to finish due to cool temperatures. July was exceptionally hot and sunny, before cold, damp and rainy weather set in throughout August and into September. Ideal weather conditions returned on 11 September, with not a drop of rain for 6 weeks. Our harvest began on 27 September and ended on 26 October. Maturity reached record levels, the highest for 50 years, with good acidity, similar to 1996. Crop size was 30% below average, and even lower for Gewurztraminer.
Superb wines with magnificent balance, purity and fruit. 2010 is a great classic vintage, with good ageing potential.
Superb wines with magnificent balance, purity and fruit. 2010 is a great classic vintage, with good ageing potential.
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 : : 12.65° % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 0.2 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 5.76 g/l
pH : : 3.53
Age of vines : : 20 years old
Yield : : 45 hl/ha hL/ha
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Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989
Light morello cherry red colour, bright and clear, transparent and youthful.
Fresh, clean, open bouquet, with attractive aromas of soft fruit like bilberry, morello, raspberry, almond and hazelnut, light and very pleasant.
It is finely etched on the palate, delicate, light and refreshing, with an aromatic finish that is an invitation to enjoy it now or within the next two years.
A summer wine, to serve chilled like any light non-tannic red wine, between 12° and 15°.
An approachable light red wine, easy to enjoy with convivial food : sausages, cold meats, ham, mixed grills, or with fish, smoked or grilled or poached, also with white meats.
Fresh, clean, open bouquet, with attractive aromas of soft fruit like bilberry, morello, raspberry, almond and hazelnut, light and very pleasant.
It is finely etched on the palate, delicate, light and refreshing, with an aromatic finish that is an invitation to enjoy it now or within the next two years.
A summer wine, to serve chilled like any light non-tannic red wine, between 12° and 15°.
An approachable light red wine, easy to enjoy with convivial food : sausages, cold meats, ham, mixed grills, or with fish, smoked or grilled or poached, also with white meats.
