Gewürztraminer Vendange Tardive

Famille Hugel, also known as Hugel & Fils, is a winery and negociant based in Riquewihr, Alsace. The family-owned winery has been making wine for almost 400 years. It is known for wines made from the six noble grape varieties of Alsace. The estate was established by Frédéric Hugel in 1902. After a period of devastation wrought by the phylloxera louse in Alsace in the late 19th Century, Hugel began to replant vines, and bottled the resultant wines under his own name. Today, the family owns around 75 acres (30 ha) of vines, around half of which are in grand cru vineyards.

Produced from over-ripened grapes in a selection of the oldest plots of the Hugel estate in the heart of the grand cru ''Sporen'' made up of Lias clay-marl, decalcified on the surface, exceptionally rich in phosphoric acid.

Youthful and concentrated color with pale green, pale lemon yellow and spring foliage colored highlights. The legs are dense, sophisticated and voluptuously smooth. It has the classic bouquet of a well-ripened Gewürztraminer but is not too mature; it is open, expressive, aromatic and fruity. Hints of rose, jasmine, Reseda, acacia blossom, mango, citron, orange, lychee, passion fruit, freesia, honey and sweet spices. On the palate it has that same sensation of harmony, with a fine and delicate sweetness which coats the interior of the mouth with tender softness that will overwhelm you.