Pinot Gris
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 2–8 years from vintage release, though high-quality vintages can age gracefully for over a decade.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
roasted pork, creamy mushroom risotto, mild semi-hard cheeses
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hugel's Pinot Gris is a masterful expression of one of Alsace's noble grape varieties, historically referred to in the region as Tokay d'Alsace before EU regulations protected Hungary's legendary sweet wine appellation. Sourced primarily from the clay-limestone soils surrounding the medieval village of Riquewihr, this wine benefits from the dry, sunny microclimate created by the rain shadow of the Vosges Mountains. Famille Hugel vinifies this wine using gravity-flow methods and ages it in historic, century-old neutral oak casks in their subterranean cellars. This traditional approach preserves the grape's natural opulence, vibrant acidity, and signature smoky, stone-fruit complexity without imparting oak flavors, resulting in a dry, deeply textured white wine with remarkable gastronomic versatility.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Famille Hugel blev grundlagt i 1639 i den maleriske middelalderlandsby Riquewihr og er et af de mest hæderkronede og berømte vinhuse i Alsace. Vingården har været drevet uafbrudt gennem mere end tolv generationer af Hugel-familien og forener historiske familieejede vinmarker med nøje udvalgte druer for at hylde regionens alsidige terroir. Hugel spillede en afgørende rolle i udformningen af de officielle regler for Alsaces ædle senhøstkategorier, Vendanges Tardives og Sélection de Grains Nobles. Vinhuset nyder international anerkendelse for sine vine præget af renhed, elegance og et enestående lagringspotentiale. Her fremstilles skelsættende tørre og søde fortolkninger af Alsaces ædle druesorter – især Riesling, Gewurztraminer og Pinot Gris – som traditionstro vinificeres på over hundrede år gamle egefoudres.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Gris
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
13-14%