Cart 2005 Hugel et Fils Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles
Average Price: $149.98 
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| Style: | White Wine |
| Grape Type: | Gewurztraminer |
| Region: | Alsace |
About Hugel et Fils
Even with the recent passing of pioneering winemaker Jean "Johnny" Hugel, his legacy remains strong here, with a house style that emphasizes dry wines with no shortage of minerality and precision. Hugel's Pinot Gris bottlings are tensile and firm, with very good aromatic expressio... more
Expert Reviews
Bright, full yellow. Inscrutable on the nose following the recent bottling, but with lovely lift and an impression of fine botrytis. Fat, dense and glyceral-thick on the palate, with a white peach flavor complicated and enlivened by ginger and quinine. Wonderfully lush, smooth wine. Marc Hugel notes that 2005 was the first year that this producer made gewurztraminer VT and SGN since '02, and 2001 was the most recent year for riesling and pinot gris VT and SGN. It's hard to believe that this will match the '01 bottling, but this is very young today.
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