{"id":344,"date":"2020-01-31T20:38:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motocykleiwino.org\/?p=344"},"modified":"2020-02-23T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:03:19","slug":"famille-hauller-wines-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motocykleiwino.org\/index.php\/en\/2020\/01\/31\/famille-hauller-wines-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Famille Hauller wines tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 21st of\nJanuary 2020 the tasting of Alsace wines from Famille Hauller – La Cave du\nTonnelier winery took place in Zak\u0142adka restaurant. The tasting was guided by Mr.\nLudovic Hauller.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before we\nget directly to the tasting, I would like to tell you a few words about\nZak\u0142adka restaurant. It was the first time I visited this place and from the\nvery beginning I was astonished about the atmosphere inside. Unfortunately, I\ndid not have a chance to try something from menu, however considering this\nplaces climate, it made very cameral impression. Elegant and toned decoration\nensured me about the uniqueness of this evening. After my first visit in\nZak\u0142adka I am certainly sure, that this is the ideal place to visit with your\nlove having unforgettable romantic dinner. It would also be a good idea to\nvisit this place for cameral, but still easy meeting with your friends. However,\nmy recommendation is to come here only with the love of your life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Evening prepared with each detail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Considering\nthe tasting itself, it was organized on the highest level – even though with\nclass and elegance I did not feel overwhelmed and was not afraid, that I would\nnot be able to find myself comfortable in this meeting. I took part in a few of\nsuch events and sometimes since the very beginning till the end I was feeling a\nlittle bit awkward. Organizers of tasting in Zak\u0142adka restaurant did manage to\nachieve unique atmosphere of elegance, still leaving some space for ease of\ninformal meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Going back\nto tasting – the main character of the meeting was Mr. Ludovic Hauller and\nwines he was presenting that evening. Mr. Hauller was talking about the winery\nhistory, starting from the beginning of this family business in 1776, when it\nwas based on selling wine barrels. This business is inherited from father to\nson until today. In 60-ties of 20th century, an accident took place – as the\nresult of the fire in warehouse more than 50 percent of produced barrels were\nburned. To save the business, Hauller family decided to start wine production.\nFrom that very moment people around the world can buy those liquid pieces of\nart created by Haullers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Ludovic Hauller<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cremant Brut Prestige d\u2019Alzace <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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At this\npoint please, let me step off the topic of Famille Hauller winery history and\nfocus on the first wine, that was poured to our glasses dedicated to sparkling\nwine. Its five minutes of glory was celebrated by Cremant Brut Prestige d\u2019Alzace.\nThis wine from the beginning made a very positive impression – slight slaw\ncolor, high clarity and very small bubbles – wine was perfectly presenting in\nthe glass. In the nose, as in the mouth, you could feel delicate taste of green\napple, held by great feeling of creaminess. In my opinion it was the ideal wine\nfor tasting opening. My note is 8\/10. I am pretty sure, that my girlfriend\nrated this wine with 10\/10 considering her face, however I did not have enough\ncourage to interrupt her while wine celebration and ask for feelings…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a few\nmoments of guests admiring the first wine, Mr. Hauller continued his story\nabout the winery. It is placed on a granite soil of slopes of Dambach-La-Ville,\nBlienschwiller, Epfig and Itterswiller, which gives the grape bushes ideal\nconditions to grow. Grape varities planted in this place are coherent with\nrequirements of the appellation. You can find here among others Chardonnay for\nsparkling wines, Rieslings, Gewurtztraminers and Pinot Noir. Mr. Hauller\nemphasized how special Pinot Noir bushes are due to their age – these are one\nof the oldest in the whole winery. Adding a few words about Chardonnay, although\nthe appellation allows the winemaker to create from this grape only sparkling\nwine, Hauller family decided to go on with the experiment of creating still\nChardonnay wine. However, for the results we still need to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the meantime,\nnext two wines appeared in our glasses \u2013 two dry Rieslings, 2017 and 2014. I\nwas surprised, how different were these two. I am not sure if this was caused\nonly by different year of production. I suspect, that there might be another\nreason\u2026 2017 was a pretty good wine with high clarity and slight slaw color. In\nthe nose I could feel a smell of slight petrol and nail polish. However, in my opinion\nall the aromas were not corresponding with each other too well. I guess that\nthis wine requires some more time to become what it was meant to be; in bottle\nof course, not in the glass \u2013 leaving this wine for a long while before\ndrinking did not change anything. Aroma was generally not concentrated. In mouth\nwas similar, tastes were corresponding with what I have felt in nose but still\nthe impression was little bit disappointing. This wine for me was shallow, still\nbeing sharper on the tongue. My note for this wine is 6\/10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Riesling 2017 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Riesling 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fortunately,\nthe older wine, 2014, was completely different. I guess that my perception of\nthis wine was tuned by contrast the younger one. The color of 2014 was a bit\ndarker than the other one, but still with the same clarity. However, the aroma\nwas far away from what I felt in 2017 \u2013 first and most important, it was deep,\nexpressive and perfectly formed. I felt the smells of baked apple, honey and\ntoasts. The perception of this wine in mouth could be described as poetic. If\nonly the moment, when this wine was travelling around my tongue, could last\nforever\u2026  This velvetiness and expression\u2026\nThis wine was very deep and nice to taste, each aroma had a corresponding\ntaste. And that very long and blissful aftertaste\u2026 This is one of these wines\nyou want to return to someday. I am curious if I will have a chance\u2026 Either\nway, may note for this wine is strong 8\/10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Getting\nback to Mr. Hauller, he started the topic of organic wines. Famille Hauller is\napplying for Organic certification. To achieve this goal, no chemical pesticides\nare used for securing the bushes and no such chemical agents are used to remove\nother plants like grasses or others. As the result of such decisions, e.g.\nremoving weeds and other plants takes much more time due to the fact, that it\nmust be done by hand. The only spraying they are performing is using 100% natural\ningrediencies. At this moment I started to wonder, how the organic\ncertification is treating chemical agents used around the vineyard. Unfortunately,\nif someone in the neighborhood is using such sprays, it does not affect\nawarding organic certification to vineyard or not. However, what Mr. Hauller\nemphasized, only bushes planted by the boards of the vineyard are affected by\nthe spraying. They become a natural wall and prevent those chemicals getting on\nother bushes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pinot Noir 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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That was the moment, when next wine was poured to guests\u2019 glasses \u2013 the only red wine of this evening: 2015 Pinot Noir. What a wine was that\u2026 Another breathtaking piece of liquid art from Haullers winery. As far as I remember, the color of this wine was slightly raspberry, but I am not 100% sure. Fortunately, I remember the aroma perfectly \u2013 ripe cherry and red currant, perfectly corresponding with oak tone. All these smells were perfectly harmonized. I do not know, how it was possible, but the taste was even better \u2013 it was expressive and velvety, and the ending was performed by very long and perfect aftertaste. For me this wine deserves 8\/10. What is more interesting, in Alsace you are not allowed to create Grand Cru wines with Pinot Noir \u2013 appellation restrictions.  Therefor the producer decided to write small letter F on the bottle to emphasize the quality of this wine. Unfortunately, it is very hard to get one of bottles of this delicacy \u2013 the amount of production is so small, that you can try it only during tasting meetings or directly in winery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Before we came\nto last two wines, Mr. Hauller mentioned the topic of sweet wines. In Haullers vineyard\nthere are pretty good conditions to develop noble mold: botrytis cinerea. This\nmold affects grapes, reducing the amount of water in the berries, changing it\nto raisins with high concentration of sugars and other compounds affecting\nfurther process of wine creation. Botrytized wines are sweet with high level of\nsugar and very concentrated aroma. In Haullers winery are also produced late\nharvest wines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dry version of Gewurtztraminer 2016 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of last two wines of this evening was 2016 late harvest Gewurtztraminer. It was served in the company of dry version of this grape from the same year. Both wines were astonishing, but each of them on its own, unique way. According to tradition, let me start with dry wine. Its color was slightly slaw and with high clarity. It presented perfectly in the glass. The aroma was an unforgettable combination of rose and lychee. The second set of smells was combined with tones of baked apples and honey. Honestly this was the wine, I wanted to breath. I almost felt sorry for drinking it. The taste was so concentrated, very nice and intense. For such wines and such moments, you want to live for\u2026 And the aftertaste \u2013 long, thrilling, wonderful\u2026 closing my eyes I had a feeling of traveling far away\u2026 For all those impressions this wine gets 9\/10 from me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gewurtztraminer 2016 late harvest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The dry\npart of this degustation was done, but there was still something more to try.\nLet me introduce you the sweet late harvest Gewurtztraminer. This wine was also\nwith high clarity, but with color a little bit darker than the dry version. The\naroma was similar, but baked apples and honey were dominating rose and lychee.\nThe aroma was so well concentrated, pleasurable, perfect. The taste was even\nbetter, each aroma was represented by different taste. Wine was velvety and\ncomplex, but also oily due to the high density of sugar. The aftertaste was long\nand pleasant too. For me this wine deserves the note of 8,5\/10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sweetness\nof Gewurtztraminer was the last part of this tasting meeting; at least the\nofficial part. My general impression about the evening is very positive. From organization\nperspective everything was perfectly fine, I also had a chance to talk with\nother wine enthusiasts. Thanks for this meeting, Alsace is no longer an\nevanescent wine region for me. If someone is planning to get deeper into the wine\nworld, such events are the best opportunities. Sometimes of course, you can,\nsometimes even should, prepare yourself with some lecture of dedicated to wines\nwebsite or simply book. But you cannot lose the main part of passion that is\nbeing developed or just emerging \u2013 you cannot forget about wine. Only by\ncooperating with wine you can truly feel the climate and character of the\nplace, where it comes from. Let this thought be the ending of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything went perfect! *<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I encourage\nyou to participate in wine tasting meetings and trainings about this topic. In\nmy opinion this is the best way of getting known with wine and wine regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I invite you to comment this publication and visit Facebook profile of this blog. See you in next time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Photos published courtesy of Mr. Rafa\u0142 B\u0142a\u017cusiak, sommelier in Zak\u0142adka restaurant.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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