Wine Gewurztraminer "Tradition" AOC 2007
Tasting Notes
Has a pale lemon-yellow color with a tinge of green.
Gewurztraminer "Tradition" 2007 is perfectly balanced, in a rich bouquet of fruity notes of lychee combined with floral tones. The finish is fresh charms, sweetish notes.
In expressive bouquet of fragrant notes of orange blossom, rose and hawthorn in harmony with fruity notes of pear and lychee Williams, giving flavor oriental motifs.
Ideal as an aperitif or digestif. Goes well with exotic dishes Indonesian and especially Chinese food. Also recommended to serve with blue cheeses, the perfect couple - or Munster cheese Mara.
Interesting Facts
Excellent, tender and fragrant white wine HUGEL become synonymous with the highest quality. Such a success they primarily from the fact that the wine aged in old HUGEL barrels, many of which are already more than 100 years. Among the most famous - "Santa Caterina", which even entered in the Guinness Book of Records, as it is used for aging wine since 1715!
As for the Gewurztraminer "Tradition" AOC in 2007, the wine of the vintage can be a benchmark for the traditional wines Hugel. This is explained by the fact that for the first time in the previous 25 years, thanks to the warm and dry summer and fall of 2007, the grapes could ripen fully and reveal the wine its full potential.
Producer's description
The first traces of the Hugel family in Alsace can be traced back to the 15th century. Two centuries later, Hans-Ulrich Hügel settled in Riquewihr, which was devastated by the terrible Thirty Years' War. In 1639 he became an honorary citizen of the city and soon headed a very powerful corporation of winegrowers. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hugel family had an enviable reputation for their winemaking skills and vineyard cultivation.
Until the early 17th century, Alsace was the largest and most famous wine region in the Holy Roman Empire. The Thirty Years' War, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic and Franco-Prussian Wars brought winemaking in the Alsace region into decline. By the beginning of the twentieth century, destruction caused by insect pests and spore diseases brought the situation to a critical point.
After 1918, several visionary and courageous winemakers, including Frédéric Emile Hugel , took action to preserve the vineyards of Alsace. Frederic Emil Hugel devoted his entire life to promoting high-quality wines from noble grape varieties. His son Jean, with his persistence and hard work, proved that Alsace wines deserve a place among the best wines in the world. The following generations conscientiously carry out the main task inherited from their ancestors - to make the wines of Alsace the great white wines of the 21st century.
