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Hugel & Fils Alsace Pinot Blanc 2009
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Not only a fabulous vintage in Alsace but, just like in 1990, also a great vintage all over Europe.
This was a rich but harmonious vintage, with record levels of ripeness, enabling the winery to produce a full range of wines including, for the first time since 2001, both Riesling VT and SGN.
It is the most approchable wine of Alsace and also the most consistent year in year out. Not far in style from an unoaked Chardonnay such as a Macon or Chablis
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.
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.
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WBW Rating: 92/100
Closure: DIAM Cork
Region: Alsace France |
Winemaker:
Drink now until: 2013
Alc/Vol: 13 %
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