Famille Hugel Pinot Gris Classic 2023 x 6
Famille Hugel, Classic, Pinot Gris, AOC Alsace, Blanc,
2022
AOC Alsace, Alsace, France
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.
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 VINTAGE
If proof needs be of climate change, 2022 is once again an earliest vintage in history in Alsace. But one not to rush into starting
the picking. Once again winter was mild and budbreak as early as April 5th in Riquewihr, luckily making the episode of frost of
April 3rd painless across most of the region. The hot conditions of May and June (26 to 32° all along) made for most of the
earliness of the vintage with blooming May 23rd and especially drought conditions across all of France until harvest making for a
very healthy crop. Acidity levels are low, and ripeness levels very high. Quality is extra across the board and the wines dense and
concentrated. Hugel started picking 8 days after the rest of Alsace on September 12th and rightly did so, and finished in just over
3 weeks, a record speed. 2022 will be a benchmark vintage for Pinot Noirs especially.
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.
VARIETALS
Pinot gris 100%
TECHNICAL DATA
Residual Sugar: 4.3 g/l
Tartaric acidity: 3.62 g/l
pH: 3.29
Age of vines: 33 years old
Yield: 57 hL/ha
TASTING
At first sight, a straw-yellow robe with nice, slightly coppery highlights. The aroma is youthful; the variety has
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