Estate Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Choucroute garnie, grilled sea bass, roasted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Estate Riesling is a dry white wine sourced exclusively from the family's own historic estate vineyards in Riquewihr, primarily the steep, clay-limestone and marl slopes of the Schoenenbourg Grand Cru. This terroir has been celebrated for its exceptional winegrowing potential since the high Middle Ages. The Hugel family, who have been crafting wine in Riquewihr since 1639, vinify this Riesling using gravity-flow methods and ferment it in historic, century-old oak casks (foudres) in their ancient subterranean cellars. The result is a wine of remarkable tension, crystalline acidity, and deep mineral complexity that beautifully reflects the unique geology of its historic birthplace.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1639 by Hans Ulrich Hugel in the fortified medieval village of Riquewihr, Famille Hugel represents one of the world's most enduring wine dynasties, spanning thirteen consecutive generations. The domaine oversees approximately 30 hectares of estate vineyards—largely concentrated in premier climats including the famed Grand Cru Schoenenbourg and Sporen—supplemented by contractual partnerships across Alsace. Sheltered by the Vosges Mountains in one of France’s driest meso-climates, the steep, south-facing parcels benefit from complex geological mosaics of Triassic limestone, marl, and sandstone. Viticulture follows sustainable lutte raisonnée principles with manual harvesting. Winemaking favors classical restraint: pneumatic pressing, spontaneous fermentation via indigenous yeasts, and élevage in century-old neutral oak foudres, devoid of cosmetic wood influence or chaptalization. Famille Hugel famously pioneered the modern codification of Alsace late-harvest wines; its benchmark portfolio is headlined by the dry, structured Grossi Laüe single-terroir bottlings alongside historically revered Vendange Tardive and botrytized Sélection de Grains Nobles cuvées.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%