Massively woolly with haunting apricot and beeswax notes. Very intense and intriguing, hard to stop sniffing. On the palate it is sweet and dense but has such an awesome acidity that it is not heavy at all. This is one of those dessert wines that is a treat to taste on its own. The intensity is very high and the finish just goes on forever. There is such vibrancy to this that you almost feel like getting younger while drinking it.
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Sort of sweet, different than expected. unlike other wines in this category. I need to drink more of this to see if I really like it, or is it just a curiosity.
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Color is apricot. On the nose: Quince, apricot, caramel and citrus. On the palate: Orange marmalade, apricot and caramel. This is incredibly good. I expected good but this is great. I bought a half case years ago and this is my first try. It is really hitting the spot for me.
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Another so-so experience with this wine after the 2003 a few years back. I have had the 2016 and enjoyed it, but this is just too rich and sweet without any of the needed acid cut that distinguishes Vouvray, IMO- this is closer to almost a TBA style of wine with extreme concentration and caramel fruit flavors. A few others at the table liked it more than I with the cheese course, but it wasn't anyone's favorite that evening.
In the future, I think I will stick to their moelleux wines, which are excellent, cheaper, and much more balanced. Maybe this wine is better in years that aren't as brutally hot as 03/15?
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Way too young but wanted to try. It’s pure and delicious. The nose is apricot, honey, jasmine, peach pie, and a hint of straw. The palate is rich and yet vibrant at the same time. The finish is so long and tensile. I love it.
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2015 Domaine Huet Vouvray Cuvee Constance (Loire, Touraine). Cork-finished and served from Coravin into both Riedel Riesling and leCache. Rare Wine Company, 11.5pabv, $133/500 ml. Firm yellow-green with a slight brown tinge, with clingy, thick-coated Tudor window tears. Nose starts tight with lanolin and linden leaves going on to hints of white peach. Piquant and juicy acidity with great freshness; again, tight from palate to apple-tinged finish, but shows much promise, both after the argon blows off and hopefully through many years. Revisiting after 12 noon pour, resinous raw aged Pu-er tea (I've been brewing up my best for the last week or so, and it hangs in the mind); fine orange bitters bring lift to mid-palate. Although this wine is supposed to be heavily selected for Botrytis in some vintages, the ones that I've tasted (1995, 1997, 2015) have been mostly quite restrained for this, and emphasis is on a clean, fine, pointillist character. Therefore the concentration here is probably due more to 'clean' shrivelling rather than porriture noble. A wine of importance, but strangely, snows not a bit of snootiness. Though this was bought to drink in the baby-fat stage, Manhattan will be under water before it reaches its peak! 96-98/100.
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12/29/2023 - kuumies wrote:
Massively woolly with haunting apricot and beeswax notes. Very intense and intriguing, hard to stop sniffing. On the palate it is sweet and dense but has such an awesome acidity that it is not heavy at all. This is one of those dessert wines that is a treat to taste on its own. The intensity is very high and the finish just goes on forever. There is such vibrancy to this that you almost feel like getting younger while drinking it.
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10/1/2022 - stevenc.rees@gmail.com Likes this wine:
Sort of sweet, different than expected. unlike other wines in this category. I need to drink more of this to see if I really like it, or is it just a curiosity.
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7/30/2022 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 97 Points
Color is apricot. On the nose: Quince, apricot, caramel and citrus. On the palate: Orange marmalade, apricot and caramel. This is incredibly good. I expected good but this is great. I bought a half case years ago and this is my first try. It is really hitting the spot for me.
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7/1/2022 - stevenc.rees@gmail.com Likes this wine:
A very different style of Chenin Blanc and not like other dessert wines I;ve had.
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4/15/2022 - bubnos wrote: 91 Points
Another so-so experience with this wine after the 2003 a few years back. I have had the 2016 and enjoyed it, but this is just too rich and sweet without any of the needed acid cut that distinguishes Vouvray, IMO- this is closer to almost a TBA style of wine with extreme concentration and caramel fruit flavors. A few others at the table liked it more than I with the cheese course, but it wasn't anyone's favorite that evening.
In the future, I think I will stick to their moelleux wines, which are excellent, cheaper, and much more balanced. Maybe this wine is better in years that aren't as brutally hot as 03/15?
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4/9/2021 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
Way too young but wanted to try. It’s pure and delicious. The nose is apricot, honey, jasmine, peach pie, and a hint of straw. The palate is rich and yet vibrant at the same time. The finish is so long and tensile. I love it.
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5/25/2018 - sweetstuff wrote: 97 Points
2015 Domaine Huet Vouvray Cuvee Constance (Loire, Touraine). Cork-finished and served from Coravin into both Riedel Riesling and leCache. Rare Wine Company, 11.5pabv, $133/500 ml. Firm yellow-green with a slight brown tinge, with clingy, thick-coated Tudor window tears. Nose starts tight with lanolin and linden leaves going on to hints of white peach. Piquant and juicy acidity with great freshness; again, tight from palate to apple-tinged finish, but shows much promise, both after the argon blows off and hopefully through many years. Revisiting after 12 noon pour, resinous raw aged Pu-er tea (I've been brewing up my best for the last week or so, and it hangs in the mind); fine orange bitters bring lift to mid-palate. Although this wine is supposed to be heavily selected for Botrytis in some vintages, the ones that I've tasted (1995, 1997, 2015) have been mostly quite restrained for this, and emphasis is on a clean, fine, pointillist character. Therefore the concentration here is probably due more to 'clean' shrivelling rather than porriture noble. A wine of importance, but strangely, snows not a bit of snootiness. Though this was bought to drink in the baby-fat stage, Manhattan will be under water before it reaches its peak! 96-98/100.
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