2010 Alsace

The first ever offering of this wine, with it previously being known as the Jubilee Riesling. They have taken the opportunity the change in name has given to dial this up more than a notch or two, this is one of the best defined and purest Riesling that I have tried for some considerable time.

It is clearly on a par with Frederick Emile from the Trimbach Estate (my previous benchmark wine) and its amazing pure expression is a wonderful thing. Crystalline fruit and a lovely touch of peach combines with classic Riesling petrol notes. This is 5 years old and yet tastes as though it was made yesterday, with this in mind I am predicting a long and glorious future, certainly 15 years and possibly 20 years for this beauty of a wine.
Matthew Tipping, Fine Wine Sales Manager

For most professionals, let alone consumers, Alsace is complicated, alongside the plethora of producers, some bad, some good, it is often hard to decipher the quality of the vineyard let alone the producer all at the same time as trying to understand the dryness or sweetness of a given wine.

With the customer in mind, Hugel have redesigned their range to reflect the different levels of quality in very simple and International terms.
Hugel first and foremost is an advocate of the dry style of Alsace wine. Hugel wines are tight, structured, mineral and dry – unless they’re sweet.
The “Grossi Laüe" range is made from their top Grand Crus vineyards (Riesling from the Schoenenbourg and Gewurztraminer from the Sporen).
Finally, the crème de la crème “Schoelhammer” which is on par with the great Trimbach Clos St Hune. The tiny production of this single vineyard called “Schoelhammer” is proudly sitting at the top of the their range, made from only 30 rows of vines and with a mere 4288 bottle production.