Riesling Reserve Personnelle
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Typically best enjoyed 5 to 20 years from the vintage, though exceptional years can easily cellar for 30 years or more.
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Pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork loin with apples, classic Alsatian choucroute.
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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.
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Established in 1639 in the picturesque medieval town of Riquewihr, Famille Hugel is one of Alsace's most historic and influential wine dynasties, passed down through more than twelve generations. The estate is globally renowned for championing the region's noble grape varieties, particularly Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris, grown on the prestigious clay-limestone slopes of Riquewihr. Famille Hugel famously pioneered the strict guidelines for Alsace's late-harvest wines, Vendanges Tardives and S lection de Grains Nobles, which they craft alongside dry, mineral-driven masterpieces like their Schoelhammer and Grossi La e cuv es. Their winemaking philosophy emphasizes minimal intervention, utilizing historic, century-old oak casks in their ancient cellars to produce wines of exceptional longevity, purity, and terroir expression.