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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 146 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by zscheiner on 2/17/2024 & rated 98 points: Near perfection in a slightly aged white wine. Explodes in the mouth with lime and lime blossom. Then it grabs on with chalky grip, shows a lovely spice melange and fans out into an underripe tropical orchard finish. The finish goes on and on. Such good juice. (494 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 12/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Sexy wine, in a lovely place at the moment. Somehow the trademark Chenin crabapple note has been concentrated so that it's now more like zesty, piquant lime, and there were also plenty of savoury, wheaty notes and a peppery finish. Really moreish and mouthwatering, and rich enough to pair with a stirfry despite being pretty dry. (747 views) | | | Tasted by PolarBear22 on 4/24/2023 & rated 91 points: Clean, crisp flavors. Slight sweet notes. Wonderful with a smoked duck breast and sipping after. (1089 views) | | | Tasted by kosmik on 2/26/2023 & rated 93 points: Magnifique ! (1284 views) | | | Tasted by Vintage82 on 11/27/2022: classic in all respects and smoking good at thanksgiving. bottles purchased on release, perfectly stored and worth the patience. (1283 views) | | | Tasted by rwpalmer on 10/13/2022 & rated 91 points: This showed wonderfully as other recent tasters have described. I worry a bit about oxidation and bottle variation, especially on the Huet secs, but this was so clear-fruited and inviting. (1431 views) | | | Tasted by oenanthe on 1/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Yellowy gold. A superb nose, sharp, pungent and aromatic green fruit. As with all wines of this nature 'sec' is not really dry, what it really means is "the driest possible and the others we make are a lot sweeter". So this has a distinctive sweetness to it, but this translates into an attractively rich mouthfeel rather than being cloying in any way. It is also crystalline, there is an excellent balance of acidity that takes over past the first taste and which keeps this wine fresh (as a daisy frankly even at 13yo). It was just lovely. Honied notes and yellow fruits prominent. A wine for sipping on its own if you fancy it before a meal, or it will pair with many foods. We had this with low-rent chicken and chips and it was wonderful. I will be honest and say that this is not a wine I would like to drink regularly, but that takes nothing away from what is a high quality bottle and I am very glad I have a case. No hurry either. (1997 views) | | | Tasted by MattHo on 10/10/2021 & rated 92 points: Lovely. Slightly wet wool nose at first, some fruit aromas but not strong. Main impression is in the mouth, slight sweetness that balances significant acidity. Lots of fruit. Almost crunchy, wonderful mouthfeel.
Paired with chicken leg, and butternut squash cooked baked with feta and onion. Brilliant match with the squash and feta in particular - acidity was a great counter to richness of olive oil and feta, but complemented sweetness of cooked squash.
Just as good on day 2, wet wool aroma gone.
No sense that this is tiring, seems very vital and masses of acidity to sustain it. Have a couple more in the cellar, interesting to see how these develop. (1754 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 8/24/2021 & rated 90 points: I’ll be honest: I’ve yet to drink a chenin blanc that completely won me over. I like this wine, and I find it distinctive due to its flavors of quince and dry honey. But I also find that it lacks energy. (2006 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 4/7/2021: Marvelous wine. Not quite fully dry. Quince and mineral. A mere trace of honey. Tremendous acidity, giving a powdery (?chalk dust) feeling in the mouth and is very refreshing. Over the years I've focused on Demi-sec and sweeter Huet, and wish I'd bought more Sec.
Drinking well but I'm sure it can outlive me. So I'm glad I had this bottle before it had the chance to do so.
Excellent match for glazed ham but would be for many things. It survived asparagus soup but was diminished by it. (2142 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 9/6/2020 & rated 97 points: Epic performance, more impressive than I would have figured it had any right to be at just 11 years old. It's got a commanding presence right from the first sip - massive in scale and packed with personality. On the entry it has a chalky, gauzy texture so palpable it feels tannic, then on the back end it solidifies further into a crystal crunch. It's dripping with bright neon-yellow fruit so concentrated it feels like it ought to pour out like a slow treacle but it feels only barely sweet. Over the next couple days it slims down a bit without losing any character. You usually have to wait longer to get a Huet this profound. (4482 views) | | | Tasted by ludwigbpm on 6/6/2020 & rated 91 points: Il présente la richesse du millésime, une tendreté avec un peu de sucre résiduel. Sa minéralité et une certaine tension viennent toutefois bien contrebalancer le tout. Beau vin à point. (2121 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 4/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Serious yum. Great dry extract, big nearly searing acids, and lots of fruit (enough to have an offdry palate impact), giving a terrific sweet-tart tango on the tongue. The attack is meyer lemon, the finish is candied ginger, with some sherries nuances. Not much complexity, but otherwise it’s all money. 92-93 pts. (2021 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 5/5/2019: My first of these and it did not disappoint. Comes across as just off dry, great density of fruit. It has a long finish with a bit of powdery texture that I think is due in part to the wonderful acidity. (2491 views) | | | Tasted by kosmik on 1/20/2019 & rated 92 points: Délicieux, dans un style plus confit que les deux Chidaine servi à côté, l’évolution commence à transparaître ici mais sans aucune inquiétude sur sa tenue, peine, vibrante, complexe, longue...
Il est possiblement à son apogée ou tout près.
La prochaine en 2021. (2638 views) | | | Tasted by OttawaB on 12/27/2018: delicious , wonderful complexity. Dry. (2196 views) | | | Tasted by OttawaB on 12/27/2018 & rated 92 points: Beautiful wine. Delicious. Full and complex. Lemon, apricot, dry. (2047 views) | | | Tasted by sergio65 on 10/31/2018 & rated 93 points: One of the best white wines I had in 2018 .... simply delicious and with a great future ahead ... too bad I did not buy more.
Citrus notes, flowers, very unctuous in the mouth, nice acidity in the final that goes on and on (2243 views) | | | Tasted by kosmik on 9/1/2018 & rated 93 points: Grand vin... (2061 views) | | | Tasted by HandmadeHomemade on 2/12/2018: Still a baby, drank from a 375ml over two nights. Honey, lanolin and flowers up front (and in the nose), a nice citrus-apple saline mid palate with a waxy floral finish. Delicious. (2667 views) | | | Tasted by William Kelley on 12/6/2017 & rated 93 points: This bottle of the Haut-Lieu was showing beautifully, opening in the glass with an expressive but youthfully vibrant bouquet of honey suckle, tart apple, lime, beeswax and classic Chenin Blanc lanolin. On the palate, the wine is elegantly glossy, racy and mouthwatering, with a superb line of acidity, a deep core of succulent fruit, and a long, tingling finish. It would be hard to ask for much more from a young bottle of Haut-Lieu sec. (5625 views) | | | Tasted by Andrew Christiansen on 12/4/2017: Tart and ripe apple that leads with a honeyed nose. Surprising acidity for a relatively ripe vintage, and the fruit almost, but not quite keeps pace. Last had this just after release, and this bottle after about 6 years seemed the same as the last. Softened after a night in the kitchen fridge. Wife loved it. Paired especially well with spicy Vietnamese tofu, which was admittedly accidental, but serendipitous nonetheless. (2764 views) | | | Tasted by alanr on 4/3/2017 & rated 91 points: Quite rich and lush, showing a bit more depth than this vineyard sometimes does, and the flesh of the warmer vintage; but has a nice touch of saline umami, and a bit of minerality poking through on the long finish. Quite tasty. (4480 views) | | | Tasted by WST on 8/19/2016: Wow, Huet's '09 & '10 secs haven't evolved much since I started drinking them five years ago. That's not a bad thing; I loved them then, and they're still fine. On the sweeter side of sec. Crystalline lemon and zest, sweet peach, crushed rock. I hope I still have some to revisit in a decade or two. (4951 views) | | | Tasted by colmanstephenson on 5/17/2016: (Wine night. Surprise after Chenin from South Africa)
Brilliant. Substantial. Appealing. (4660 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, August 2019 (8/1/2019)
(Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, January 2014 (1/1/2014)
(Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, September 2013 (9/1/2013)
(Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2011, Issue #31, Recently Tasted Loire Valley Gems Superb 2009s and Plenty of Excellent Recent Vintages
(Vouvray “Le Haut Lieu” Sec- Domaine Huet) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, July 2010
(Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Sec) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, July 2010
(Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, February 2010
(Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Sec) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, February 2010
(Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (11/26/2011)
(Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu) Light lemon yellow color; appealing minerally, lime, green apple, stony nose; tasty, compelling, mineral, tart pear, apple, lime palate with near medium acidity; medium-plus finish 92+ points 92 points | By Beverley Blanning, MW
Sommelier Journal, October 31, 2010
(Domaine Huët Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec, Loire Valley) People familiar with the wines of Huët generally love them because they epitomize the elegance and focus that Chenin Blanc can achieve in the Touraine region. Still, Huët Vouvrays, especially the dry versions, can be difficult to approach in their youth. The excellent 2009 vintage is riper and more forward than most, resulting in balanced wines that are lovely to drink now, but can easily be kept a decade or more. This Haut-Lieu Sec is bursting with youthful, perfumed florality that carries right through to the more restrained, crisp palate. A unique wine that is truly of its place. Hot Picks |
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