Sylvaner HUGEL 2024

This varietal is in constant decrease in Alsace, yet it remains plated in the most favoured terroirs with the average age of the vines in constant increase. The Riesling of the poor ?

Winter 2024 was exceptionally mild and wet, fully recharging groundwater reserves. Early budbreak in April was followed by a prolonged cool, rainy period that slowed vine development and increased pressure in the vineyard. A warm, sunny August restored ripening, and harvest at Hugel began on September 23rd.

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.

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.