Domaine Huet: "Mythic" Vouvray from the years 1985 to 2013

*** producteur de qualité exceptionnelle Le Classement 2015
      (One of only five Loire producers at this highest level)

“The biodynamic Huet estate comprises three key terroirs with clearly identifiable personalities … it is justly regarded as the leading property in the Vouvray region.” Clive Coates MW, The Great Wines of France

“Words cannot do justice to the exquisite purity of these [Huet] cuvées.” Michel Bettane “This mythic Vouvray house, formally owned by Gaston Huet, is the AC’s benchmark… These are terroir-driven Vouvrays of great authority and power.” Jacqueline Friedrich, The Wines of France



The widespread reporting that followed Noël Pinguet’s departure from Huet in 2012 reflects the long shadows cast by this “mythic” Vouvray estate. What wasn’t so widely publicised was that Huet already had the perfect replacement on hand; Jean-Bernard Berthomé, Huet’s distinguished and longstanding vineyard and cellar manager (or chef de culture) and a colleague of Pinguet for some thirty years (he actually started at the Domaine in 1971!). Berthomé can also count on the talents of Benjamin Joliveau, a fellow Vouvrillon bought in and mentored by Pinguet. The guy who grows the grapes and the young protégé—as far as succession goes, it doesn’t get much smoother. We’re delighted to be hosting Jean-Bernard in Australia as we put this offer together and have not missed the opportunity to tap into his unparalleled knowledge of Huet’s vinous history, some of... learn more