You are not of legal drinking age in your province of residence.
Riesling Schoelhammer
2010
The culture of the vine has been practiced in Alsace for more than 2000 years. We find traces of the first Hugels in Alsace as early as the 15th century, and some two centuries later, Hans Ulrich Hugel settled in Riquewihr in 1639 and took the head of the powerful Corporation des Vignerons. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hugels were recognized as great winegrowers. In 1902, Frédéric Emile Hugel left the old family property to settle in the center of Riquewihr, where the heart of the...
See the Famille Hugel detail page for more information on this brand
With Schoelhammer 2010, we are taking up an old Alsatian tradition which wanted great local wines to bear exclusively the name of the locality from which they come.
Press fed by gravity, without pumping or other manipulation. After static settling for a few hours, the musts are transferred to tuns or vats where fermentation will take place with temperature control (around 18°). A single racking before winter where the wine clarifies naturally without artificial cold treatment. Light filtration respectful of the wine before bottling in the spring then aging in bottles in our cellars until it is put on sale.
If the perfect vintage does not exist, it must all the same be very close to 2010. While its richness and its power recall the profile of a solar year, a remarkable tension brings a sovereign balance to the whole. A bottle now in full first phase of opening but with the expected longevity as one of the most beautiful of the century Pairings with lobster, noble fish and veal.
One of the world’s unique dry whites! This is so deep and spicy with a ton of candied citrus. Stunning concentration, power and structure on the palate, but also the characteristic vibrancy of the vintage. Keeps expanding in the glass and revealing more of its dark, earthy magic! Decades of aging potential. Drink or hold.
See detailed press review