Famille Hugel Classic Pinot Noir 2019 PURYEARSALE Cardamom and a secret ingredient

Cardamom and a secret ingredient (with traces of orange and lemon peel)

In its youth it is mouthwatering with piercing acidity but with a seductive texture that helps tame all of that concentrated energy

grown on gentle hills between the mountains and the sea

Forty years later

Famille Hugel Classic Pinot Noir 2019 PURYEARSALE Cardamom and a secret ingredientAlsace is so famous for its whites that its Pinot Noir gets to fly under the radar which is exactly where the value hides. The Hugel family has been making wine in Riquewihr since 1639, thirteen generations deep, and their Classic Pinot Noir shows what the region does with the grape when it isn't trying to cosplay Burgundy. It's destemmed, briefly macerated, and raised in tank rather than barrel, so no oak gets in the way of the fruit. The result is