Vouvray "Le Haut Lieu" Sec, Huet - 2023

Name: Vouvray "Le Haut Lieu" Sec, Huet
Brand: Huet
SKU: 33171
Price: 41.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 33171 750 mL

Stretching over nine hectares, Le Haut-Lieu provides extremely deep limestone and brown clay soils. The heavy soils result in richer and rounder character in this wine. This is a very expressive Chenin Blanc with orange blossom, honeysuckle, and apple. Mouthwatering, juicy finish.

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Color

White

Vintage

2023

Country

France

Region

Loire

Sub-Region

Touraine

Appellation/Village

Vouvray

Producer

Huet

Grape Variety

Chenin Blanc

Production Methods

Organic

Biodynamic

Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.

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Staff Pick Notes

Through four generations, Domaine Huet has been on the top of the heap of Chenin grower-producers. They work three Grand Cru vineyards and have helped elevate the Vouvray region. Haut-Lieu is the vineyard which Victor Huet founded the winery with in 1928. What is great about Huet is their approach of allowing nature determine what types of wines they will make. They will focus on sweet and demi sec during riper years and produce more dry wines in cooler years. I had the pleasure of opening a six-year-old bottle of Haut-Lieu sec and I was flabbergasted. The wine was profound with a multitude of flavors and aromas. Some honey, some smoke, some camomille, and all types of ripe fruit (pineapple, melon, apple, lime), paraffin, yeast. All of these notes reveal themselves at various moment. Try with chicken curry.

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Loire

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