Gewurztraminer Grossi Laue
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine, Munster cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
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.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1639 in the picturesque medieval village of Riquewihr, Famille Hugel is one of the most venerable and celebrated wine producers in Alsace, France. Managed continuously by more than a dozen generations of the Hugel family, the estate combines historic family vineyards with carefully sourced fruit to champion the diverse terroirs of the region. Hugel was instrumental in establishing the official regulations for Alsace's revered late-harvest categories, Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. Renowned globally for their purity, elegance, and ageability, the winery crafts benchmark dry and sweet expressions of noble Alsace varieties, particularly Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris, vinified traditionally in century-old oak foudres.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Gewurztraminer
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5% - 14.5%