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• rob1869 wrote: 90 points

  January 27, 2009 - Nicely light and restrained orange-peel on the nose; well crafted palate that evolves and develops through to the long finish. Oily full body with an off dry texture; spicy late palate tingle. Very elegant and fine.

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• andrewstevenson.com wrote: 93 points

  September 5, 2008 - Wine-Pages Nottingham Offline (Pretty Orchid Restaurant, Nottingham): Clearly gewurz again, but this is much, much classier than the previous wine. It has a fairly rich, oily nose that's also very restrained - nicely floral, but without much of the rosewater aromas you get from lower grade wines from more heavily crushed grapes. This is super, restrained gewurz on the palate. Very subtle, and clearly made by someone who understands gewurz. There's a bit of sweetness to it, but without going to late harvest levels, which really helps in combination with the food. On being revealed, I was surprised it was "only" Hugel's Tradition level.

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• andrewstevenson.com wrote: 89 points

  April 11, 2008 - Wine-Pages Alsace Offline (St John Restaurant, London): Rather slight nose - a bit gassy and a touch raisiny. On the palate, this is an archetypal Hugel gewurz: rich, well made, nothing overly exciting. Works well. Good solid Hugel.
  Really not at all good with the foie gras.

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• SimonG wrote:

  April 11, 2008 - Wine-Pages Alsace Offline (St John, London): Fruity, quite sweet enty. Reasonable length. Sweet, quite long. Really quite nice. Not cloying, overdone or even thin, just nice. A style of gewurtz I can cope with in small quantities. ***1/2

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type White
• Producer Hugel
• Varietal Gewürztraminer
• Designation Tradition
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Alsace
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Alsace

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• In Cellars 5 (38%)
• Consumed 8 (62%)

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