Famille Hugel
Pinot Gris TRADITION 2010
Pinot Gris truly dry and gastronomic which reveals itseft at the table!
Rich and rounded, although still dry, it is ideal with terrines, white meats and fish in sauce. Of all the Alsace varieties, Pinot Gris has the greatest ageing potential.
Rich and rounded, although still dry, it is ideal with terrines, white meats and fish in sauce. Of all the Alsace varieties, Pinot Gris has the greatest ageing potential.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 14.25° % vol.
Residual Sugar : 7.9 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 6.32 g/l
pH : 3.38
Age of vines : 25 years old
Yield : 55 hl/ha hL/ha
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Rich and full but still dry, it perfectly matches with terrines, white meats and fish in sauce.
The most discreet of all varieties in primary aromas, it enjoys the best aging potential.
The most discreet of all varieties in primary aromas, it enjoys the best aging potential.
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 exclusively by hand from clay and limestone vineyards in a dozen of the most favoured localities in and around Riquewihr with a high percentage of estate grapes.
Winemaking
The grapes are taken in small tubs to the presses, which are filled by gravity, without any pumping or other mechanical intervention.
After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled barrels or vats (at 18 to 24°C). The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and 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.
After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled barrels or vats (at 18 to 24°C). The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and 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 gris : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 14.25° % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 7.9 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 6.32 g/l
pH : : 3.38
Age of vines : : 25 years old
Yield : : 55 hl/ha hL/ha
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Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989
Attractively youthful pale green colour, lively and crystal clear, with lemon yellow hints.
The bouquet is precise and harmonious, clear and fruit-driven, refreshingly scented with white peach and greengage, complemented by floral notes of almond blossom, and a delicate hint of cardamom and liquorice stick.
A soft, dry wine, just vinous enough to reveal its underlying succulent richness, it fills the mouth with a subtle touch of freshness that quenches the thirst and calls for more.
It has a very long, ripe fruit finish.
A wine to drink remarkably well now, and over the next five years, as a nicely gastronomic partner for river or sea fish in crayfish, lobster or spicy sauce, with lamb curry, red mullet fillet with curcuma, monkfish with saffron, but it will also go well with poultry, pheasant, white meat, veal chop with mushrooms, game terrine and duck foie gras.
The bouquet is precise and harmonious, clear and fruit-driven, refreshingly scented with white peach and greengage, complemented by floral notes of almond blossom, and a delicate hint of cardamom and liquorice stick.
A soft, dry wine, just vinous enough to reveal its underlying succulent richness, it fills the mouth with a subtle touch of freshness that quenches the thirst and calls for more.
It has a very long, ripe fruit finish.
A wine to drink remarkably well now, and over the next five years, as a nicely gastronomic partner for river or sea fish in crayfish, lobster or spicy sauce, with lamb curry, red mullet fillet with curcuma, monkfish with saffron, but it will also go well with poultry, pheasant, white meat, veal chop with mushrooms, game terrine and duck foie gras.
