New Releases from Domaine Huet, 2023 - 1997
New Releases from Domaine Huet, 2023 - 1997
On the heels of our offer of a superb private collection of Vouvray from Domaine Huet, we are happy to offer the just released 2023 vintage wines from this great estate, along with a few older wines and the delicious 2019 Petillant!
2023 was a difficult vintage for vignerons throughout France with alternating bouts of heat and rain, but conditions were especially difficult in Touraine, where high temperature and attacks of mildew were compounded by the presence of fruit flies creating acid rot. "In 2023, sorting was key to the success of the wines. Every bunch was examined multiple times due to the arrival of the Suzukii fruit fly, which affected many parcels in Vouvray, turning juice into vinegar. At least 25% of the crop was rejected, and this rigorous approach seems to have paid off. Tasting the wines just weeks after they were bottled, I was very encouraged. However, there are just seven cuvées from Huet in 2023 with no demi-sec, moelleux or fully sweet wine from the Haut-Lieu vineyard." Thanks to Rebecca Gibb in Vinous.
Thus quantities available in this offer are very small, with low net prices as full cases may not be possible. Happily, early reviews of the wines have been excellent and we can't wait to try them, if there is any wine left!
"Biodynamic agriculture, practiced for more than thirty years, contributes to revealing the very essence of the terroirs in each of our cuvées. Thus, the suppleness of the brown clays of the Haut-Lieu, the chiselled flints of the Mont and the roundness of the limestones of the Clos du Bourg give Chenin an incomparable elegance." Domaine Huet
Low net prices, wines will be available for pick-up/shipping on Tuesday 8/27.
Huet 2023 Haut-Lieu Sec
Le Haut Lieu is the historical, and largest, site of Domaine Huet. A bit more than 9 hectares, slightly higher on the plateau and further from the Loire, the vines are grown on a darker clay with some eolian sands....
$38.99
Huet 2023 Vouvray Le Mont Sec
As is frequently noted, the "Le Mont" Sec needs time to open up and reveal it's mineral mysteries, so be sure to get some "Le Haut Lieu" for current drinking... Here's Rebecca Gibb again in Vinous: "The 2023 Vouvray Sec...
$48.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec
"Domaine Huët’s 2023 Clos du Bourg Sec bottling is also excellent. The wine is deep, complex and beautifully focused on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of quince, apple, a touch of pink grapefruit, complex, chalky soil...
$48.99
Huet 2023 Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec
"With its green clay and its perfect exposition on the Première Côte de Vouvray just above the winery, Le Mont is an outstanding site for Chenin, and I have to admit often my favorite in the line-up. It has the...
$51.99
Huet 2023 Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec
Gaston Huët believed this to be the greatest of all Vouvray vineyards. With the Première Côte’s poorest, shallowest, stoniest soils, Clos du Bourg is one of the most mythical sites of Vouvray - the topsoil of clay is only one...
$50.99
Huet 2023 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux
As we have often said, the Huet "Le Mont" wines have been just superb in recent vintages - here's John Gilman on the rare and delightful 2023 Moelleux: "Domaine Huët’s 2023 Moelleux bottling from the Le Mont vineyard is simply...
$49.99
Huet 2022 Vouvray "Le Mont" Moelleux
I love the 2022 vintage in Vouvray, especially at Pinon and Huet, where the acidity and intense mineral character backs up the fruit which is so gorgeous, ripe and fresh. Here is Rebecca Gibb in Vinous on the "Le Mont"...
$43.99
Huet 2006 Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1er Trie
Domaine Huet Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie 2006: Residual sugar 65.2 g/l, alcohol 12.14%, total acidity 4.43 g/l. The nose here shows why aging Vouvray is essential as already it is displaying the deep, complex minerality swirled with...
$159.99
Huet 2003 Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1er Trie - Prearrival (Arrives 8/27)
"At twenty years of age this shows an appropriately evolved bronze-gold hue in the glass. Aromatically it presents a pure and smoky profile, with layers of mineral-dusted fruits, particularly desiccated peach and orange, with slowly unfurling notes of sweet yet...
$154.99
Huet 1997 Haut-Lieu Moelleux 1er Trie
"Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Moelleux Première Trie 1997: From a hugely successful vintage for Noël Pinguet and the domaine, this is just one of three première trie moelleux cuvées produced in this vintage, as Le Mont and Clos...
$209.99
Huet 2019 Vouvray Petillant
The Huet Vouvray Petillant is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, resulting in a lower pressure sparkling wine - pétillant - because only a portion of the fermentation occurs inside the bottle. The wine ages for a minimum of three...
$32.99
