Riesling Selection de Grains Nobles
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, apricot tart, or enjoyed on its own as a meditation wine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Famille Hugel's Riesling Selection de Grains Nobles is a legendary sweet nectar born from a painstaking, labor-intensive process. Jean Hugel was the driving force behind the strict 1984 guidelines defining Alsace's late-harvest wines, and this cuvee represents the pinnacle of that vision. Sourced from the historic, steep clay-limestone slopes of Riquewihr, predominantly the Grand Cru Schoenenbourg, this wine is only produced in exceptional vintages when autumn mists and warm afternoons foster the development of Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). Harvesters must meticulously select individual shriveled berries over multiple passes through the vineyard. The resulting must is incredibly concentrated, fermenting slowly in historic oak casks to yield a masterpiece of intense acidity, luscious sweetness, and profound mineral complexity.
🍾 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
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
7.5% - 10%