Hugel, Alsace (France) Riesling 2019

 Poised on France’s eastern border, Alsace is truly a unique and fascinating region.  Sheltered by the Vosges Mountains, Alsace is one of the driest wine regions in France.  Riesling is the premier grape cultivated here, and like the best of the region’s Rieslings Hugel’s “Classic” is genuinely dry and stony, with traces of lemon, apple and citrus.  This elegant wine has a medium-weight body.  The estate has been owned and run by the Hugel family since 1902.