Famille Hugel
Riesling TRADITION 2009
Expression of our greatest terroir in this wine, combining depth, finesse and elegance with great minerality.
Our most gastronomic wine for most fish and seafood dishes and many Alsace specialties.
Our most gastronomic wine for most fish and seafood dishes and many Alsace specialties.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 13.75° % vol.
Residual Sugar : 7.5 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 7.39 g/l
pH : 3.12
Age of vines : 35 years old
Yield : 60 hl/ha hL/ha
Presentation
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It is the Pinot Noir of white wines! Riesling is our most demanding variety as it is also the latest ripening. Dry and elegant, it expresses its best on our steepest slopes with a most complex minerality.
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 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, some from the Schoenenbourg.
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.
Presentation
Photos of bottles and labels, 3 definitions, max 300dpi
Varietal
Riesling : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 13.75° % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 7.5 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 7.39 g/l
pH : : 3.12
Age of vines : : 35 years old
Yield : : 60 hl/ha hL/ha
Advice
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Tasting notes by Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989
It is lively, fresh and crystal-clear, a glistening pale pistachio green and lemon yellow colour with nice intensity.
A frank, fresh, clean bouquet, with fine fruit and floral aromas : spring flowers, lime blossom, lime, lemon balm and white peach, and a light mineral touch so characteristic of this grape with its strong personality.
The wine is easy to enjoy, dry, fresh, lively and refreshing, with good consistency and a tasty, aromatic fruit finish. A wine of character, with appreciable class and temperament.
Drink it now to take advantage of its youth and spontaneous nature, or keep it for 2 years as 2009 was a fine vintage of fully ripe grapes, and it will go well with seafood, shellfish, raw or marinated fish, fish in sauce or grilled, and fish terrines.
A frank, fresh, clean bouquet, with fine fruit and floral aromas : spring flowers, lime blossom, lime, lemon balm and white peach, and a light mineral touch so characteristic of this grape with its strong personality.
The wine is easy to enjoy, dry, fresh, lively and refreshing, with good consistency and a tasty, aromatic fruit finish. A wine of character, with appreciable class and temperament.
Drink it now to take advantage of its youth and spontaneous nature, or keep it for 2 years as 2009 was a fine vintage of fully ripe grapes, and it will go well with seafood, shellfish, raw or marinated fish, fish in sauce or grilled, and fish terrines.
