Famille Hugel
Famille Hugel, Classic, Riesling, AOC Alsace, Blanc, 2025
This is the Famille Hugel signature wine. This dry Riesling stands out for its finesse and frankness and is the ideal partner to fish and seafood thanks to its wonderful balance and elegance.
Specifications
Alcohol content : 12.5 % vol.
Residual Sugar : 0.9 g/l
Tartaric acidity : 5.28 g/l
pH : 3.27
Age of vines : 30 years old
Yield : 28 hL/ha
Contains sulphites.
Presentation
Quick View
Riesling is the Pinot Noir of white wines! It is our most demanding variety as it is also the latest ripening. Dry and elegant, it expresses itself best on our steepest slopes with the most complex minerality.
The vintage
The 2025 vintage surprised everyone with its remarkable earliness. After a mild winter and a warm spring marked by two periods of drought around flowering, the year already suggested a modest crop.
Cool rains in early August revived vine growth, followed by a settled spell of fine weather in mid-August that dramatically accelerated the vegetative cycle. Harvest therefore began on September 8th, among the earliest of the century, nearly two weeks ahead of initial expectations.
The crop proved to be very small, with yields reduced by half. The grapes were beautiful and concentrated, but too few in number, making 2025 one of the smallest vintages of the past fifty years in Alsace.
Rain during the first days of harvest, followed by warm and dry conditions, encouraged the development of remarkable noble rot. These conditions allowed the production of a superb Riesling Vendange Tardive, one of the rarest wines produced by Famille Hugel.
Cool rains in early August revived vine growth, followed by a settled spell of fine weather in mid-August that dramatically accelerated the vegetative cycle. Harvest therefore began on September 8th, among the earliest of the century, nearly two weeks ahead of initial expectations.
The crop proved to be very small, with yields reduced by half. The grapes were beautiful and concentrated, but too few in number, making 2025 one of the smallest vintages of the past fifty years in Alsace.
Rain during the first days of harvest, followed by warm and dry conditions, encouraged the development of remarkable noble rot. These conditions allowed the production of a superb Riesling Vendange Tardive, one of the rarest wines produced by Famille Hugel.
In the vineyard
Made exclusively from hand harvested grapes from predominantly clay and limestone vineyards, in a dozen of the most favored localities in and around Riquewihr. A cool and long growing season give this unique dry wine great finesse and unequalled intensity.
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°C 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.
Varietal
Riesling : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : : 12.5 % vol.
Residual Sugar : : 0.9 g/l
Tartaric acidity : : 5.28 g/l
pH : : 3.27
Age of vines : : 30 years old
Yield : : 28 hL/ha
: Contains sulphites.
Advice
Tasting
The robe's sparkling youthfulness give it eye-catching bright green highlights. At first this Riesling’s aromas are dashing, well-stated and floral, opening with hints of lily of the valley, elderflower and lively citrus zest. With age it takes on rocky hints of flint, tinder, hydrocarbons. The perfectly dry flavour detonates with life, energy and a clearly stated attack that remains without greenness and opens up the appetite. Lemon, lime and yusu zest roll around the mouth right up to the acidic, delicate and addictive final note.
Ageing potential
5 to 10 years
