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Wine Description
The Story
The spice of Alsace and one of Famille Hugel's signature wines. It is both aromatic and extroverted through its floral and spicy notes. Gewurztraminer is an invitation to accompany a variety of spicy Asian dishes as well as smoked salmon and strong cheeses.
Originally from northern Italy, this is the emblematic grape of our region due to its slow maturation with cool nights giving its full varietal expression. Dry but intensely aromatic.
...Wine Information
Alcohol level (% vol.) : 13.3°
Age of vines : 30 years
Yields : 55 hl/ha
Residual Sugar (g/l) : 8.1
pH : 3.53
Acidity (g/l) : 5.33
The vintage :
Exceptionally mild winter, with practically no frost. Very early budburst around 21 March led to 2 months of anxiety but finally no spring frost. Flowering began very early, around 30 May, which usually means an extremely precocious harvest like 2003, but was uneven and spread over ...
