Gewurztraminer Grossi Laue
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Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage, though exceptional vintages can easily cellar for 20 years or more.
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Spicy Asian cuisine, Munster cheese, roasted duck
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Famille Hugel's Grossi Laue (meaning 'Great Growths' in the local Alsatian dialect) represents the pinnacle of their dry white wine production, sourced from the finest parcels of the historic Sporen Grand Cru in Riquewihr. Historically, Hugel chose not to use the official Grand Cru designation on their labels due to their own strict quality standards, instead introducing Grossi Laue to highlight these exceptional single-vineyard terroirs. The Sporen vineyard, renowned since the Middle Ages, features deep, clay-limestone soils that impart a unique, opulent texture and intense minerality to the Gewurztraminer. Vinified with minimal intervention and aged in historic, large oak casks, this wine showcases the exotic, spicy, and floral complexity of the grape while maintaining a dry, structured, and profoundly elegant profile.
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Established in 1639 in the picturesque medieval town of Riquewihr, Famille Hugel is one of Alsace's most historic and influential wine dynasties, passed down through more than twelve generations. The estate is globally renowned for championing the region's noble grape varieties, particularly Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris, grown on the prestigious clay-limestone slopes of Riquewihr. Famille Hugel famously pioneered the strict guidelines for Alsace's late-harvest wines, Vendanges Tardives and S lection de Grains Nobles, which they craft alongside dry, mineral-driven masterpieces like their Schoelhammer and Grossi La e cuv es. Their winemaking philosophy emphasizes minimal intervention, utilizing historic, century-old oak casks in their ancient cellars to produce wines of exceptional longevity, purity, and terroir expression.