Hugel & Fils Riesling Classic, Alsace 2023
£22.50
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A classic Alsatian Riesling
- This is the Famille Hugel signature wine.
- This dry Riesling stands out for its finesse and frankness and is the ideal partner to fish and seafood thanks to its wonderful balance and elegance.
- Riesling is a demanding variety and also the latest ripening. Dry and elegant, it expresses itself best on our steepest slopes with the most complex minerality.
- A deliciously aromatic expression with the nice fruitiness and youthful freshness of cool moss, white peach, lemongrass, lemon-verbena, pistachio.
- Ideal with a fish Ceviche, mackerel, marinated herring, seafood, shellfish, king prawn Carpaccio, scallops, marinated salmon, smoked trout, goat's cheese, cold cuts.
- Grape variety: Riesling
- Vintage: 2023
- Type/Colour: White
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
- Group: Alsace
- Suitable for Vegans: Yes
- Suitable for Vegetarians: Yes
- Sustainable: Yes
'For a real blockbuster riesling and something slightly more suited to cooler weather and the belt-bursting Alsatian cuisine of sausages, bacon and other pork cuts and choucroute - aka sauerkraut in Germany, variations of which appear on almost every restaurant menu - try the Hugel Estate Riesling from one of the biggest names in the area - less aromatic than the others, this has real depth and mouth-filling body, with pear and pie crust flavours and a long finish. And if you are not into choucroute, try this with a grilled prime fish, like a whole sea bass or John Dory.' - Terry Kirby, The Independent
'[Alsace] is also one of the world's great centres for riesling, which it makes in a style marked by the variety's typical quivering steeliness and minerals but, as in Hugel's textbook example, boosted with orchard fruit succulence, blossom and spice.' - David Williams, The Observer
Made exclusively from hand harvested grapes from predominantly clay and limestone vineyards, in a dozen of the most favoured localities in and around Riquewihr. A cool and long growing season give this unique dry wine great finesse and unequalled intensity.