Riesling Reserve Personnelle
⏳ Drinking Window
2012 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork loin with apples, classic Alsatian choucroute.
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Riesling Réserve Personnelle represents the pinnacle of the family's dry Riesling production, sourced almost exclusively from their historic estate-owned plots in the Grand Cru Schoenenbourg overlooking Riquewihr. This legendary hillside, famous since the Middle Ages for its unique terroir of marl, dolomite, and gypsum-rich clay, imparts a profound mineral intensity and structural power to the wine. Historically, the 'Réserve Personnelle' designation was used to denote the family's finest reserve casks, kept for special occasions and released only in years of exceptional quality. Vinified in historic, century-old oak foudres in the cool depths of the Hugel cellars, this dry Riesling exhibits a masterful balance of crystalline acidity, dense stone fruit, and the classic petrol and flinty nuances that emerge with age.
🍾 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
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%