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Hugel & Fils Alsace Riesling 2009
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"Star bright, very young pale green colour. The bouquet is fresh and lively with fruit aromas of green apple, lime, white peach and fresh moss. The wine is dry, fresh and quaffable, refreshingly clean and frank, with a lively, impetuously juvenile temperament and a fine, ripe acidity that quenches the thirst. Crisp and bright, this is an eminently drinkable wine. Enjoy it now or within the next two years, served at 8°C, on its own or with oysters, seafood, smoked fish, eel, pike or perch, and also with cold fish terrine, sushi, jellied mackerel and fresh or mature goats' cheese. This is a fine example of an authentic Alsace-style Riesling. 17 June 2010." - Serge Dubs, World's Best Sommelier 1989.
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.
Classic "Hugel" wines are made exclusively from grapes purchased from winegrowers under long-term contract, 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.
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WBW Rating: 92/100
Closure: DIAM Cork
Region: Alsace France |
Winemaker:
Drink now until: 2014
Alc/Vol: 12.85 %
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