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2008 Hugel et Fils Riesling
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Albert Hertz, Eguisheim

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2008 Hugel et Fils Riesling

Producer: Hugel et Fils
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Riesling
Origin: France
Region: Alsace

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88 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2010

($21) Bright pale yellow. Captivating nose offers stone fruits, minerals and flowers; more classic than the 2009. Denser on entry, then concentrated, energetic and harmonious in the middle, with good limey cut to the floral fruit flavors. Not as generous or open as the 2009 but this is tactile and gripping riesling with more length and lift. More acidity here too, and it appears to have helped preserve the wine's minerality. An excellent basic riesling.

86 Points | Wine Spectator
89 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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