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Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec 2022

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Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec 2022
Producer Domaine Huet
Region, Country Vouvray, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 12
Product Code 24034-750

Le Haut-Lieu was the estate’s first vineyard, purchased in 1928. 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 ready to drink first, but, like Clos du Bourg and Le Mont, the wines can be extremely long-lived. We have enjoyed bottles from the ‘40s that are still drinking very well!

Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec 2022

Reviews

“The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec is juicy, though never generous, but still a comforting Vouvray that remains focused; there's sufficient tension from the acidity despite the season's warmth. Welcoming and friendly from the off, there's fine fruit here with a pretty talc note. It has a sense of persistence and presence that elevates this wine from purely a fruity Chenin. Really charming.”
91 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
“A perfumed bouquet of Anjou pear, white peach, white fruits and spring blossoms introduces the 2022 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec, a medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated wine with a fleshy core of fruit framed by a delicate gastronomic bitterness, a phenolic texture and a sumptuous, refined saline finish. Crystalline and chiseled, this is a superb Vouvray, resonant with depth and telluric energy.”
95 points, Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec is juicy, though never generous, but still a comforting Vouvray that remains focused; there's sufficient tension from the acidity despite the season's warmth. Welcoming and friendly from the off, there's fine fruit here with a pretty talc note. It has a sense of persistence and presence that elevates this wine from purely a fruity Chenin. Really charming.”
91 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
“A perfumed bouquet of Anjou pear, white peach, white fruits and spring blossoms introduces the 2022 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec, a medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated wine with a fleshy core of fruit framed by a delicate gastronomic bitterness, a phenolic texture and a sumptuous, refined saline finish. Crystalline and chiseled, this is a superb Vouvray, resonant with depth and telluric energy.”
95 points, Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate

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