Muscat
⏳ Drinking Window
2010 - 2018
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
fresh green asparagus, goat cheese, light Asian dishes
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Muscat is a dry, wonderfully aromatic expression of one of Alsace's most ancient grape families. Unlike the sweet, fortified Muscats of southern France, this Alsatian classic is vinified completely dry, capturing the pure, vibrant sensation of biting into a fresh, ripe grape. Historically, Muscat has been cultivated in Alsace since the sixteenth century. Hugel carefully crafts this wine by combining Muscat Ottonel, which provides delicate floral notes, with Muscat à Petits Grains, which contributes structure and intense fruitiness. Sourced from clay-limestone vineyards around Riquewihr, the grapes are gently pressed and fermented under temperature control, then aged briefly in historic oak casks to preserve their exquisite primary fruit character and spring-like freshness.
🍾 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
Muscat Ottonel, Muscat à Petits Grains
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
11.5-12.5%