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Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 2005 (Museum Release)

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Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 2005 (Museum Release)
Producer Domaine Huet
Region, Country Vouvray, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 12
Product Code 25013-750

Whilst 2005 was not a prodigious year for botrytis, there were some superb, concentrated and minerally Moelleux produced thanks to the dry, warm conditions at harvest. Anyone who has enjoyed the 2005 Cuvée Constance from this producer will need no convincing. This isn't an unctuous sweet wine you can stand your spoon up in, instead the balance is pinpoint, the palate so fine and pure and complex—with citrus rind, bees wax and floral notes—and the finish crisp and refreshing. Lovely at 20 years of age, but can easily go another decade or two! It was bottled in 2006 with 52.2 g/L of residual sugar and a total acidity of 4.2 g/l.

Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 2005 (Museum Release)

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"Reflecting a combination of botrytis and sheer desiccation, the 2005 Vouvray Moelleux Le Haut-Lieu smells of spiced apple and quince jelly, grapefruit zest, peony and buddleia, ethereal, honeyed secretions of botrytis and snuffed candle wick. Elegant, wafting and bright on the palate, this finishes with superb clarity and concentration, honeyed richness yet a restrained impression of sweetness (albeit at around 50 grams residual sugar) and offsetting hints of bitterness. Certainly it will in time (and then probably for well more than a decade) serve admirably with a wide array of cuisine but ought on no account be treated as ‘dessert wine’.”
92 points, David Schildknecht, eRobertParker.com #172

Reviews

"Reflecting a combination of botrytis and sheer desiccation, the 2005 Vouvray Moelleux Le Haut-Lieu smells of spiced apple and quince jelly, grapefruit zest, peony and buddleia, ethereal, honeyed secretions of botrytis and snuffed candle wick. Elegant, wafting and bright on the palate, this finishes with superb clarity and concentration, honeyed richness yet a restrained impression of sweetness (albeit at around 50 grams residual sugar) and offsetting hints of bitterness. Certainly it will in time (and then probably for well more than a decade) serve admirably with a wide array of cuisine but ought on no account be treated as ‘dessert wine’.”
92 points, David Schildknecht, eRobertParker.com #172

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