Famille Hugel Pinot Blanc Cuvee Les Amours 2023 CHECK UPC The 2017 warm growing season

The 2017 warm growing season concentrates ripe red fruit

with a long nutty finish that stays lively rather than sticky

The fruit ferments naturally for nine to ten months in large wooden foudres before a single distillation

It's fermented on wild yeast in steel with no oak

From ancient bush vines planted in 1976 by winemaker Bernhard Bredell's grandfather in lower Helderberg

Famille Hugel Pinot Blanc Cuvee Les Amours 2023 CHECK UPC The 2017 warm growing seasonThe name says it all: an English noblewoman dining with Jean Hugel back in 1970 kept gushing about the wine, and the family christened this cuve Les Amours ("the lovers") on the spot. More than a half century later, it's still the easiest white in Alsace to fall for. The Hugel family has been farming here since 1639, and this bottling blends Pinot Blanc with its frequent partner Auxerrois, fermented on native yeasts in stainless steel to keep the