2020 Domaine Huet La Haut Demi Sec Vouvray
$ 90.00 AUD
No matter the style, all of the wines of Domaine Huet are remarkable. They are fantastically aromatic and dance across the palate with a zest and an intensity that seems otherworldly.Le Haut-Lieu was the estate’s first vineyard, purchased in 1928, and is situated on the ‘Première Côte’. It’s a 9-hectare plot on deep, brown, chalky clay (known as aubuis). Here the yellow limestone (tuffeau) bedrock lies up to four metres down, making for a richer soil that produces round, supple wines that can drink very well young. It generally produces the earliest maturing of the three cuvées and is usually the first to be ready for drinking, but, like the Clos du Bourg and Le Mont, the wines can be extremely long-lived.
Region - Loire Valley
Type - White
Year - 2020
Winery - Loire Valley
Grape - Chenin Blanc
Volume - Standard - 750ml
About the wine
Tasting notes
This broad, striking white is elegant and rich with complexity, featuring green melon, yellow fig, ginger, pineapple, pear and verbena notes, underscored with heather, stone, flint and spice details. Offers great energy and tension, showcasing an intensity and a structured core reflecting the naturally low yields. While there is 20g/L of residual sugar, a sense of freshness and underlying urgency pulls this wine through, leaving an off-dry impression.
Wine descriptors
Captivating and Complex, Elegant and Fine, For the Cellar, Juicy and Fruity, Sweeter Side, Vibrant and Exciting
Fruit aromas & flavour
Apples and Pear, Citrus, Melon, Tropicals
Other aromas & flavour
Florals, Herbals, Minerality, Spices
Food pairings
Pork
Cheese
Pizza
Fish
Red Meat
Pasta
BBQ
Vegetables
Poultry
Shellfish
Oysters
Spicy Foods
Cured Meats
Desserts
Expert review
The 2020 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec is clear, pure, subtle, deep and fresh, with highly refined chalky/sandy lemon aromas. Rich and intense yet silky textured and refined on the concentrated palate, this is a juicy, highly elegant, perfectly balanced, persistently salty and mouth-salivating Haut-Lieu with very fine tannins and a long, firm and pretty powerful but elegant and complex finish. Still more stringent than the Le Mont Demi-Sec in the beginning, but after aeration, this is not just a greatly finessed Chenin but one of the finest Haut-Lieu's I have tasted from Huet.
Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is a white grape variety most famous for the beautifully lean and mineral expressions that come out of the Loire Valley in France and the rich and sweet expressions from South Africa. The wines are very aromatic and fruit forward, with flavours of quince, pear, yellow apple, chamomile and honey and can be made in a diverse range of style from sparkling, to lean and mineral, all the way to rich and even fortified. Chenin Blanc is quickly becoming a first choice for lovers of complex and fruity white wines and we think it's only the beginning for this amazing grape.
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