Gewurztraminer Reserve Personelle
⏳ Drinking Window
2012 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Munster cheese, roasted duck, spicy Thai curry
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Gewurztraminer Reserve Personnelle represents the absolute pinnacle of the estate's dry-to-off-dry Gewurztraminer production, sourced primarily from the historic, clay-marl slopes of the Sporen Grand Cru in Riquewihr, a site celebrated for winegrowing since the Middle Ages. The Hugel family has long championed the noble Gewurztraminer grape, and this personal reserve selection is crafted only in exceptional vintages. Fermented in historic, century-old oak foudres, it captures the intense, exotic aromatics of the variety—lychee, passion fruit, and cardamom—while maintaining a deep, mineral-driven structure and a dry, gastronomic finish that showcases the true potential of Alsatian terroir.
🍾 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%