Famille Hugel - Gewürztraminer 'Grossi Laüe' Grand Cru "Sporen" 2012 (750ml)
Price: $96.99
| Producer | Famille Hugel |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace Grand Cru |
| Varietal | Gewürztraminer |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 204235 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Famille Hugel Description
For over 370 years and with 13-family generations the Hugel family has unrivaled experience and knowledge of Alsace vineyards and winemaking. Known today for their passion and modern outlook, the dynamic Hugel family, located in the picture-postcard fortified village of Riquewihr, has earned a worldwide reputation for their Alsace wines. Emblematic of the Hugel’s abilities to combine tradition and innovation, the family has recently introduced new wines and bold, more inclusive labeling to call greater attention to Hugel’s entire family and their unique vineyard holdings.
Grossi Laüe signifies the finest vineyards in Alsace dialect and represents an equivalent to the German Grosses Gewächs or the Burgundian Grand Cru.
Produced in a selection of the oldest plots of the Hugel estate in the heart of the grand cru Sporen made up of Lias clay-marl, decalcified on the surface, exceptionally rich in phosphoric acid
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The 2012 Gewurztraminer "Grossi Laüe" is entirely sourced from the grand cru Sporen. It's still pretty reductive on the nose with a pure, fresh and spicy, even flinty aromatic expression. Rich but elegant and fine on the palate, this is an intense, very generous but well-balanced Gewurztraminer with good concentration and fine bitters on the tight and salty finish. It's an expressive and age-worthy, very elegant cru! 14.3% stated alcohol and 19 grams per liter of residual sugar.
Vinous: 91 Points
Pale yellow-gold. Very perfumed aromas of rose water, grapefruit, cured meat and nutmeg show lovely lift. Clean, precise and not especially opulent, offering spicy flavors of yellow fruit, freshly baked bread and noteworthy inner-mouth perfume. Closes lively and long, with lingering aromatic interest. Does not taste as sweet as the numbers indicate (18 g/L of r.s and only 2.8 g/L total acidity).
