Hugel et Fils Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive 2001
Alsace AOC, Alsace AOC's France
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Deep, straw yellow in colour, with lingering green hints and unctuously firm "legs".
Exemplary, its style and personality faithfully reflect long years of experience and skill, so it was harvested at the perfect moment, with just enough over-ripeness to give ideal richness of natural sugar, without losing any of the aromatic, flattering spiciness of the Gewurztraminer grape which revels in the Alsace micro-climate like nowhere else on earth.
Its bouquet is a captivating profusion of flowers : principally rose, lilac, hyacinth, orange blossom ; of exotic fruit : mango, lychee, papaya ; and of candied pear and apricot.
Ideally mellow, rich and ripe, its velvety opulence on the palate leads to a long, aromatic, perfumed finish that is full of grace and charm.
Drink this wine at 8°C, within the next 10 years, on its own, to share a special moment, or serve it with fruit tarts : apple, apricot, or with foie gras.
12 January 2005
