Famille HugelGrossi Laüe Pinot Noir 2014

Product code: 20267
£45.95 inc VAT
France
Red Wine from
Alsace, France
Country
Country: France
Region
Region: Alsace
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Famille Hugel
Alcohol
Alcohol: 12.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Pinot Noir
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
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Country
Country: France
Region
Region: Alsace
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Famille Hugel
Alcohol
Alcohol: 12.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Pinot Noir
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir

Product Notes

Famille Hugel Grossi Laüe Pinot Noir is a premium red wine produced by the Hugel family in Alsace, France. This Pinot Noir is made from grapes selected from the finest vineyards and is aged in oak barrels for 18 months before it is bottled. It boasts an intense ruby color and a complex aroma that combines cherry, blackcurrant, and a hint of vanilla. On the palate, it is silky smooth with notes of blackberry, raspberry, spice, and a touch of oak. The finish is long and elegant with soft tannins and a fresh acidity. This wine is perfect for pairing with game, lamb, and red meat dishes.

Tasting Notes

The wine's colour is an agreeably pleasing and fresh clear red that brings to mind fully ripe Morello cherries and is filled with brilliance and vivacity. The legs are fine and elegant. The fruity aromatic expression is clear, precise, subtle and refined, dominated by small red fruit typical of the Pinot Noir grape variety. Once preserved, after a controlled wine-making process, the term "Pinote" can be applied to this wine to describe its character; a typical wine-making term from the Burgundy region. Raspberry, red-current, strawberry, Morello cherry, black-cherry, cranberry, hawthorn, rosehip jam with the compliment of a hint of woody vanilla, white pepper and "Girolle" mushrooms. On the palate the overall sensation is both melodious and smooth with a refined and elegant attack that remains long and structured in the mouth. With just the right amount of tannin to give it a full length and depth. There is a wonderful fruity and floral aroma in the after-taste.

About the Winery

Famille Hugel

The Hugel family has been making wines in Alsace ever since 1639. While Hans Urich  Hugel’s family settled down in Alsace during the 15th century, he took control of Winegrowers' Corporation in the region during 1639. Within a few years, his son constructed the family house in the Rue des Cordiers. The family crest, which was carved on this house's doorway, is used as Famille Hugel’s logo even today.

By 1902, Emile Hugel re-established the family’s business in the Riquewihr region, and it continues to be the iconic wine-producing region in Alsace. After the 15th century, Alsace lost its enviable place in the global wine market due to many wars and the deadly pests and viruses that attacked the vines.

By 1918, the Hugel family members took it upon themselves to re-kindle the Alsace region's wine-producing potential. The winemaking team's hard work ensured that within a few years, Alsace bounced back to become the abode of some of the richest and classiest wines in the world. Today, the white wines produced here are considered to be one of the best worldwide.

The Hugel vineyard located in Riquewihr, comprises an area of 25 hectares. For many centuries, wine lovers have respected this region for producing some of the noblest wines in the region. Almost half of this vineyard is cultivated as Grand Cru zones, with the utmost respect to nature and Mother Earth. The grapes produced here are of the highest quality because of the ethics followed in the viticultural practices followed here. Hand-picking of the fruits, planting young vines, lack of fertilisers, etc., are some of the ethics followed here.

In addition to its own estate, the Hugel family has also acquired over 100 hectares of vineyards that grow only grapes from the region's local growers. These vineyards are located in some of the premium wine-producing regions of Alsace.

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