2006 Riesling

Wine Details
Producer

Hugel

Place of Origin

France

Riquewihr

Alsace

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Riesling

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Marc Hugel reminded me that the ban de vendange in 2007 was September 5 for the still wines, which was even earlier than in 2003. The Hugels started picking five days after that but then took their time. Following a flowering that began almost a month earlier than the long-term average (on May 20) and then finished in a quick week, there was a minimum of 110 days between the flowering and the harvest-and much more in the case of botrytized fruit picked into mid-October. That was largely due to the very cool summer. "Between June 21 and July 11, the maximum afternoon temperatures here only reached about 72 degrees," Hugel told me. "In the end it was an early vintage with a late-ripening character." The family sold off about a third of their 2006 production in bulk and sharply reduced the quantities of their top bottlings. "Too many of the wines have an earthy, flinty taste," noted Hugel, who added that the vintage was best for gewurztraminer, as well as for muscat, whose big berries made it easy to reject grapes with damaged skins. (Frederick Wildman & Sons, New York, NY) Also recommended: 2007 Gentil (86), 2006 Pinot Gris (86). Other wines tasted: 2007 Pinot Blanc*.