Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Vendanges Tardives
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40+ years from vintage release, though exceptional vintages can cellar for over half a century.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, Foie gras, Apricot tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles represents the absolute pinnacle of Alsatian sweet winemaking, a style resurrected and codified largely through the tireless efforts of Jean 'Johnny' Hugel, who drafted the strict 1984 regional guidelines for these late-harvest nectars. Crafted only in exceptional vintages, this wine is born from the clay-limestone soils of Riquewihr, where autumn mists and warm afternoons encourage the development of Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). Harvesters meticulously hand-select individual shriveled berries in multiple passes through the vineyards. The resulting juice is so concentrated that fermentation in the family's historic century-old oak casks is incredibly slow, yielding a luscious, complex masterpiece of exotic spice, honeyed apricot, and eternal longevity.
🍾 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)
11-12.5