Famille Hugel
Famille Hugel Classic Pinot Gris 2024
Pinot Gris truly dry and gastronomic which reveals itself 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.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 14.07 % vol.
Residual Sugar : 1 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 4.91 g/l
pH : 3.47
Age of vines : 35 years old
Yield : 71 hL/ha
Presentation
Quick View
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 2024 was among the mildest—and above all, the wettest—of the past decade, with only a few nights of frost in early December.
By the end of winter, groundwater reserves in Alsace had reached 150% of normal levels, providing sufficient moisture to sustain the vineyards through the summer months. Budbreak occurred during the first week of April, with vines reaching the 3-leaf stage by April 10th. This exceptionally mild start to the season gave way after April 15th to cold and overcast conditions, with temperatures dropping 5°C below seasonal averages—nighttime lows around 5°C and daytime highs barely reaching 10°C.
From spring through mid-July, persistently cool temperatures combined with record rainfall placed the vines under considerable stress. The 2024 harvest owes its very existence in large part to the extraordinary efforts of our vineyard teams, who worked tirelessly to navigate a season that began under unfavorable conditions.
Relief came with the arrival of summer, and a warm, sunny August helped accelerate ripening and made up for much of the developmental delay. Hugel officially began harvesting on September 23rd.
By the end of winter, groundwater reserves in Alsace had reached 150% of normal levels, providing sufficient moisture to sustain the vineyards through the summer months. Budbreak occurred during the first week of April, with vines reaching the 3-leaf stage by April 10th. This exceptionally mild start to the season gave way after April 15th to cold and overcast conditions, with temperatures dropping 5°C below seasonal averages—nighttime lows around 5°C and daytime highs barely reaching 10°C.
From spring through mid-July, persistently cool temperatures combined with record rainfall placed the vines under considerable stress. The 2024 harvest owes its very existence in large part to the extraordinary efforts of our vineyard teams, who worked tirelessly to navigate a season that began under unfavorable conditions.
Relief came with the arrival of summer, and a warm, sunny August helped accelerate ripening and made up for much of the developmental delay. Hugel officially began harvesting on September 23rd.
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 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.
The whole production of this wine is closed with DIAM the cork without the risk of cork taint.
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 14.07 % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 1 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 4.91 g/l
pH : : 3.47
Age of vines : : 35 years old
Yield : : 71 hL/ha
Advice
Tasting
At first sight, a straw-yellow robe with nice, slightly coppery highlights. The aroma is youthful; the variety has yellow fruit and floral notes that remain in their most simple state when the wine is in its early years. Once aged in the bottle there will be hints of more mature fruit: fig, apricot, pear and the more typical notes of noble wood, waxed furniture and undergrowth that will add further to its complexity. The flavour is rounded and mouth-watering, light yet full-bodied and held together with the property?s typical sense of equilibrium by a pleasantly acid structure that makes it a perfect table wine.
