Domaine Huet
Le Mont Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc
Vouvray, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Pale-golden. Quince, herbal.
Minerality with an acidic lift.
Pale-golden. Quince, herbal.
Minerality with an acidic lift.
Spectacular, absolutely lights-out stuff. One of the greatest bottles of Huet I have ever had - but then I am partial to the secs. This is cut like a diamond and still has the vibrancy and electric energy of a young wine, but so many more layers. I decanted expecting it to need some time to air out, but it didn't need it. A hint of sulfur or flint for just a couple minutes and then it hit its stride. Along with the crystal clear fruit was a mineral element like they'd bottled up the ocean. Waves of brine and oyster shells with a tactile, sandy texture on the palate to match. And there isn't a trace here of botrytis or those woolly, beeswaxy notes that sometimes give older chenin that not-so-fresh feeling. This is ridiculously alive and singing at the top of its lungs.
Spectacular, absolutely lights-out stuff. One of the greatest bottles of Huet I have ever had - but then I am partial to the secs. This is cut like a diamond and still has the vibrancy and electric energy of a young wine, but so many more layers. I decanted expecting it to need some time to air out, but it didn't need it. A hint of sulfur or flint for just a couple minutes and then it hit its stride. Along with the crystal clear fruit was a mineral element like they'd bottled up the ocean. Waves of brine and oyster shells with a tactile, sandy texture on the palate to match. And there isn't a trace here of botrytis or those woolly, beeswaxy notes that sometimes give older chenin that not-so-fresh feeling. This is ridiculously alive and singing at the top of its lungs.
May 23rd, 2016
Incredible....so many layers...apples, pears, stone fruits, minerality, even chai tea on the nose at one point
Incredible....so many layers...apples, pears, stone fruits, minerality, even chai tea on the nose at one point
Jun 24th, 2014