Hugel Gewurztraminer 'Selection des Grains’ 2005 gargenega Austere but plush – a

Austere but plush – a yin-yang tension that marks good higher-end Chablis – and

followed by fresh yet complex flavours and lengthy mineral cool climate acid

planted in 1944 on the classic clay/limestone mix found across the best sites in Burgundy

– Nick Farr

Hugel Gewurztraminer 'Selection des Grains’ 2005 gargenega Austere but plush – aSlection de Grains Nobles (SGN or selection of noble berries) are made much in the same way as Vendanges Tardive but are made with grapes affected by noble rot and must have a higher potential alcohol and sugar level at harvest. Vendange Tardive or late harvest wines are the sweet jewels of the the Alsace region and in particular, the Hugel family. It was Jean Johnny Hugel that first used the term following the 1976 vintage and who personally drafted