Hommage Collection
⏳ Drinking Window
2015 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, foie gras, apricot tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Hommage series (most notably the Hommage à Jean Hugel cuvées) represents the absolute pinnacle of Famille Hugel's sweet wine production. Created to honor the legendary Jean 'Johnny' Hugel, who championed the official recognition of Alsace's late-harvest designations, these rare wines are produced only in exceptional vintages. Sourced from the finest grand cru clay-limestone slopes of Riquewihr, such as Schoenenbourg and Sporen, these Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles (SGN) masterpieces are crafted from meticulously hand-selected noble grapes affected by botrytis. Vinified with minimal intervention and aged in historic, century-old oak casks, they showcase breathtaking complexity, luscious sweetness, and a vibrant mineral backbone.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1639 by Hans Ulrich Hugel in the fortified medieval village of Riquewihr, Famille Hugel represents one of the world's most enduring wine dynasties, spanning thirteen consecutive generations. The domaine oversees approximately 30 hectares of estate vineyards—largely concentrated in premier climats including the famed Grand Cru Schoenenbourg and Sporen—supplemented by contractual partnerships across Alsace. Sheltered by the Vosges Mountains in one of France’s driest meso-climates, the steep, south-facing parcels benefit from complex geological mosaics of Triassic limestone, marl, and sandstone. Viticulture follows sustainable lutte raisonnée principles with manual harvesting. Winemaking favors classical restraint: pneumatic pressing, spontaneous fermentation via indigenous yeasts, and élevage in century-old neutral oak foudres, devoid of cosmetic wood influence or chaptalization. Famille Hugel famously pioneered the modern codification of Alsace late-harvest wines; its benchmark portfolio is headlined by the dry, structured Grossi Laüe single-terroir bottlings alongside historically revered Vendange Tardive and botrytized Sélection de Grains Nobles cuvées.
🍇 Grapes
Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, or Riesling (typically bottled as single-varietal cuvées)
🍷 ABV
11-13%