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Domaine Huet Vouvray |
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"Without a doubt, biodynamic viticulture enables this estate to harvest exceptional grapes and make equally exceptional wines." - Decanter
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Domaine Huet, founded in 1928 by Victor Huet and his son Gaston, today has thirty hectares of Chenin planted on three key vineyards: Clos du Bourg, Le Mont, and Le Haut Lieu. From these 3 single vineyards come 3 different styles, starting with “Sec” for the dry wines. This is followed by "Demi-Sec", literally meaning "half dry," with an average of about 17 grams per liter of residual sugar. The next level is “Moelleux" (literally meaning "full of marrow," and referring more to the textural quality than to the sweetness) which will have approximately 30 grams of residual sugar. The final elevated classification of "Première Trie" doesn’t automatically mean that these grapes have been harvested on the first passage as the name might suggest, but rather that they are selected on any one of the three separate visits to the vineyard when bunches affected either by botrytis or dried by wind and sun are selected, often grape by grape.
The estate was one of the leaders of biodynamic cultivation in French vineyards, and the results have proven Huet is an undisputed benchmark of collectible, age-worthy Chenin Blanc.
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1993 Huet Vouvray le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 1ere Trie Ex-Domaine
$199.89 $165.89/ 750ml (In Stock) Buy Now 97 JS
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A giant of a sweet Loire chenin blanc that is incredibly powerful and vibrant. So dynamic, dancing across the medium- to full-bodied palate. Stacks of dried apricot, creme brulee, toasted walnut and maple syrup aromas. This is still full of life and probably has decades ahead of it. Such beautiful balance, and in combination with the aging you barely think about the sweetness. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold.--Stuart Piggott, James Suckling |
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97 JG / 96 WS
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The 2018 Vouvray "Cuvée Constance" from Domaine Huët is a stunning young wine. The bouquet is deep, pure and youthfully complex, offering up scents of sweet quince, honeycomb, barley sugar, heather, chalky soil tones and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a great core of fruit, lovely soil undertow and grip, zesty acids and a long, hauntingly balanced and refined finish. This is a puppy today, but also delicious to drink in its youthful guise. I would do my best to try and hold onto bottles for at least another decade and really let the fireworks unfold!—John Gilman |
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Xavier Simental Fine Wine Sales Consultant
Grand Vin Wine Merchants 2950 32nd Ave SW · Suite A | Tumwater, Washington 98512 | Office: 360.350.4896 x 8 www.grandvinwinemerchants.com | Xavier@grandvinwinemerchants.com |
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