Gewurztraminer Tradition
⏳ Drinking Window
2010 - 2022
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine, Munster cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hugel's Gewurztraminer Tradition is a quintessential expression of Alsace's most flamboyant noble grape, sourced primarily from the clay-limestone soils surrounding the historic medieval village of Riquewihr. The Hugel family has perfected the art of handling this pink-skinned, highly aromatic variety over nearly four centuries. Historically, the 'Tradition' designation represents a harmonious blend of estate-grown fruit and select grower partners, capturing the classic, rich, and spicy character of the region. Fermented in temperature-controlled vessels and aged in the family's legendary century-old oak foudres, this wine showcases the grape's natural opulence balanced by a structured, dry-to-off-dry finish, free from heavy oak influence.
🍾 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%