Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos A GAME-CHANGING WINE FOR HUGEL, A GAME-CHANGING WINE FOR ALSACE Wh n I first mt th Hug l fami ly in th lat 80 s, thy wr opp os d to th rc Jan Frdric Hugl Etinn Hugl (right) in Nw York just wks bfor th lattr s tragic dath. ntly intr odu cd Gra nd Cru syst m for singl vin yard win s, part 1 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos ly bc aus thy flt th rul s wr too lax, part ly bc aus thy wou ld b forc d to put Gr man ic vin yard nam s on thi r lab ls if thy follo wd it. I 2 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos didn t nti rly gras p th ras ons for th latt r conc rn until man y yar s latr, wh n Eti nn rac hd out to m aft r I publ ish d a tasti ng rp ort on his win 3 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos s. H snt m two lng thy txt s: an int rvi w with his dc as d uncl Jan Hug l who talk d abo ut th aff cts of WWI I on Alsa c, as wll as an xc rpt fro m 4 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos Win War by Don & Pti Klad stru p. W s md to und rst on anot hr, I was hum bld that h shar d such inti mat fami ly dta ils with m. Fina lly I 5 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos kn w wha t th Hug l s had nd ur d und r Nazi occu pati on duri ng th war! Of cour s thy wr opp os d to putt ing Gr man ic nam s on thi r lab ls thr 6 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos for nv r pro duc d any Gra nd Cru win s. It would sm that thos flings hav changd dramatically during th last fw yars. I wondr how much of that had to do with Etinn s son Jan Frédéric, who joind th company in 2011. Whn w first mt in 2015, I was struck by his opnnss for both Frnch Grman win culturs. Th nw wins tastd lik a striking synthsis of th two. Most imprssiv among ths was thir stunning 2010 Grossi Läu (Grossi Läu maning Grat Growth in th Alsatian dialct of Grman). Whn I larnd that Jan Etinn would b attnding th Risling Rndzvous confrnc in Sattl latr in July, I contactd th organizrs insistd that this bottl b includd in th big blind tasting of th world s bst dry Rislings. Earli r this yar in Mar ch I saw Eti nn his son agai n, this tim at a trad 7 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos tasti ng in Nw York City. Havi ng b n foun dd in 163 9 kpt in th fami ly for 13 gn rati ons, Hug l has long b n th fac of Alsa c trad ition. How surp risin 8 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos g it was, thn, to witn ss th com pan y s gra t dyn ami sm th mak ings of an nti rly nw Fran co- Gr man ic idn tity. Not only did th Hug ls pou r sv ral mor 9 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos nw win s, but also thr wr cla r styli stic cha ng s to thi r wllsta blis hd bottl ings. Th nti r rang has b n ror gani zd v n th com pan y nam 10 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos had b n cha ng d to Fam ill Hug l. Aftr h got back to Riquwihr Etinn calld m. W talkd for quit a whil, aftr I hung up, I flt lik I had just spokn to an old frind from grad school. But thn, just a fw wks latr, cam a bolt of lightning. On Sunday, April 10th I, along with thouss of othrs, saw on Facbook that Etinn had suddnly did. I was stunnd. W had just spokn on th phon. H smd so happy. Many of thos who knw Etinn wll wr awar that bhind th smils, th joks, th clowning around, h was a complx man. Evn today, I can t tll you what lis bhind his tragic dath. Evn mor, it saddns m gratly that Etinn wasn t thr in Sattl to s how his 2010 Grossi Laü was on of th stars of vnt. Many popl notd that it wasn t just a grat dry Risling a gam-changing win for Hugl. It was a gam-changing win for Alsac. Tasting Rport Th nw Hugl rang bgins with th Classic wins thos that blong to th nxt stp of th quality pyramid ar labld Estat. As Jan Frédéric xplaind, Th Classic wins ar about fruit, th Estat wins ar mor about txtur. Compltly nw ar th Grossi Laü wins, ach of which is sourcd from on of Riquwihr s top sits. Th Risling is from th Gr Cru Schonnbourg, th rsult is powr, concntration, txtural richnss wovn into an uttrly samlss, haromonic, complling whol. Th Gwürztraminr is from th Gr Cru Sporn, th Pinot Gris is from th Pflostig sit. Ths ar th thr hills in th Hugl coat of arms. Th Scholhammr an uncompromisingly massiv, arthy Risling of th kind only a fw sits in Alsac can produc is th nw top dry Risling from a singl parcl of that nam in th Gr Cru Schonnbourg. In spit of its considrabl richnss powr, th finish is vry long with a salin frshnss. It will ag for dcads. Stuart Pigott, Contributing Editor 11 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos TASTING NOTES FAMILLE HUGEL RIESLING ALSACE GROSSI LAÜE 2010 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2010 FAMILLE HUGEL RIESLING ALSACE SCHOELHAMMER 2007 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2007 FAMILLE HUGEL PINOT GRIS ALSACE GROSSI LAÜE 2010 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2010 FAMILLE HUGEL GEWÜRZTRAMINER ALSACE ESTATE 2012 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2012 FAMILLE HUGEL RIESLING ALSACE CLASSIC 2014 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2014 FAMILLE HUGEL PINOT GRIS ALSACE CLASSIC 2013 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2013 12 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com
Win Ratings, Win Rviws, Win Tasting Nots Win Vidos FAMILLE HUGEL RIESLING ALSACE ESTATE 2012 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2012 FAMILLE HUGEL GEWÜRZTRAMINER ALSACE CLASSIC 2013 Country Franc Rgion Alsac Vintag 2013 13 2009-2018 JamsSuckling.com