2020 Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie

The wine offer of the Loire Valley is nothing but diverse, and Vouvray is the only region that best typifies this diversity. Admittedly, Vouvray is all about one variety: Chenin Blanc. Vouvray is located in the coolest part of the Loire and the climate has the most influence on the wine style. In colder years, increased acidity lends itself to both still and sparkling wines that can be dry, semi-dry or medium dry.

Domaine Huet is without a doubt Reference for top wines in the Loire! Domaine Huet, founded in 1928, has three special and different terroirs: Le Mont with 8 hectares, Le Haut-Lieu with 9 hectares and Le Clos de Bourg with 6 hectares surrounded by a stone wall. We are located east of Tours in the Loire. Since 1990, Huet has been one of the forerunners of biodynamic viticulture. This cultivation method, which fully respects the soil, the plant and the environment, ensures that the Chenin Blanc shows its true character and authenticity here. In the wine cellar, the wines ferment in a mix of old oak barrels (demi muids) and stainless steel tanks. Fermentation starts with the natural, own yeast. After the first fermentation, there is no lactic acid fermentation so that the wines retain their characteristic 'fraicheur'.

The Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie is a fantastic almost unique wine. Lemon colored in the glass with still a very fine CO2 perlage in the glass due to the youthfulness and this will disappear with some years of bottle aging. On the nose, this Premier Cru Huet has concentrated and luscious aromas of fruit and floral and chalky aromas, with candied lemon and figs. Very elegant and even playful on the palate, with fine lively acidity, this full-bodied, silky and salty-spicy Haut-Lieu is beautiful in its terroir expression promoting a fruitier, fresher and more elegant style. The aging potential of this wine is great (2055+) and give it a few more years of bottle aging. (95-96)/100 Parker.