Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 30 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Pan-seared foie gras, Roquefort or other intense blue cheeses, rich pear or apricot tarts
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Historically known as Tokay Pinot Gris before international naming agreements, this legendary late-harvest sweet wine is a monument to Alsatian winemaking. The Hugel family famously pioneered the strict legal guidelines for the Vendanges Tardives designation in 1984. Sourced from the steep, clay-limestone slopes surrounding the medieval village of Riquewihr, the grapes are harvested only in exceptional years when overripeness and noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) develop. According to local folklore, the grape was originally brought to Alsace by General Lazare de Schwendi after his campaigns in Hungary, though it was later identified as Pinot Gris. The wine is fermented slowly and aged in historic, century-old oak foudres, resulting in a rich, complex masterpiece of honeyed stone fruits, smoke, and vibrant acidity.
🍾 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)
12% - 13.5%