Telltale apple sauce, ginger, honey and quinine. Very tangy with nice acidic lift. Although I like this wine, not sure if it will be a 10-12 year vintage. Seems to lack a bit of character older Bourg have shown .
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Very nice, moderate weight, crisp with lingering touch of honey. A bit more wool, lemon/lime and floral notes as wine opened, to go with light stone fruit, apple, pear. Definitely improved with air time. Did not find pronounced acid core some note, but sufficient on its own and to complement dinner of sauteed sea scallops. Enjoyable.
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Rich orchard fruit aromas and flavors with some lemon curd notes, this is impressively rich, but seems like it is on the "demi-sec" side of a "sec" to me. Good now, but I am planning to give my remaining bottles more time in the cellar, with possible upside from here.
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Drinking very well. Similar to my note from July, unsurprisingly. Clear, delineated aromas and flavors are a delight. What really stood out to me this time was the long, mineral finish. Expressive now but still young.
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Coravin. Golden; aromatic, quince, honeyed; slightly off dry but as expected for "sec" Vouvray, medium-plus refreshing acidity, medium (13%) alcohol, lemon-lime, a bit of wet wool, a bit of quince; finish is medium length. Always distinctive, always a treat, and in this bottle showing quite youthful with a decade ahead of it. 92
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Expressive nose with waxy apple, pollen and almond. The modest residual sugar gives the palate some roundness, but it's not perceptibly sweet, and there's a zingy acidic core throughout. Drinking well, with some upside yet for further aging.
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Loire chenin with 21 grams of residual sugar. Aromas of quince, honeydew melon, bruised apple, grapefruit and ginger. Concentrated, full bodied and long. A reference wine for semi-sweet chenin blancs!
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Really nice rendition of the Clos du Bourg. This wine was riper, more concentrated and sappy next to le Haut Lieu of the same vintage.
Compact and serious with dried fruit, thick dark honey and lime peel. Long finish with the alcohol a little more showy on this bottle. My 2nd favorite of the flight.
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Pale golden color. Really pretty nose with ripe stone fruit, lemon zest, powdery crushed rock, lanolin, maybe some earl grey tea. Really a pleasure to smell this wine. Similar flavors on the palate with a mix of ripe fruit balanced by some savory and mineral driven flavors. High acidity balances out the ripeness of the fruit and the wine seems pretty much dry on the palate. Long finish. Glad to have another bottle in the cellar. Excellent QPR.
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It’s not ready yet but it’s just phenomenal even it youth. Ripe stone fruit, grapefruit, and bergamot with solid acidity and such concentration. It’s a brilliant wine that’s going to deliver for many years ahead.
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This is clearly going to be a phenomenal wine. The structure is so tight and fine at the moment, with so much crisp fruit (apple, white peach, apricot). It was great to try it and cannot wait to revisit it nearer the end of the decade.
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Pale straw. Quite dry, with beautiful acid backbone, upon opening. Then with 30 min of air some pleasant musky/lanolin/herbal characteristics came to the fore. This seems poised to develop nicely, and we will try to hold off opening another for a few years.
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Popped and poured. Fantastic from the get go with loads of sweet apple fruit and plenty of acid to add balance. This seemed sweeter than I’m used to for a Sec but that’s not a complaint. I’m just not sure if it’s the style or the vintage. This should age wonderfully if premox doesn’t occur.
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Pop and pour yesterday, in the fridge overnight; benchmarking. Yesterday, loads of soft sweet apple, a hint of lanolin, soft herbs...A touch softer on the nose today with more of the same...so lovely. On the palate: fantastic acidity, and good depth and density. As always, these improve immensely with age. Let's see if I can keep my hands off another one for a few years. Fantastic.
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very nice vouvray. slightly pricier than Le Haut-Lieu from the same producer.. somehow I prefer the cheaper one! will have to wait for them to cellar a while longer before I finally decide which I prefer.
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Très beau Chenin, bien droit et vif. Pommes et poires avec une pointe mielleuse. Fleurs et épices en arrière-plan. Pas mal long en finale avec une belle impression de minéraux.
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The wine is much better day 2. On initial opening it seemed more angular than is typical for Huet, and the flavors were a bit muted. Day two it opened showing soft white tree fruit including some tart apple. Pronounced and delicious minerality, lengthy high-acid finish. Quite an excellent wine.
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I had many doubts but couldn't resist drinking now. This will certainly improve with age but drinking now is by no means an infanticide. Massive acidity, concentration, "grip", focus and power. Outstanding.
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Packed with potential. Aromas explode with the pull of the cork. I get lots of apple/pear on the nose, with a barest hint of honeycomb. Good acidity that sneaks up on you, and seemed more pronounced the second night. I love these wines when they have some age on them, opening this was just a frivolity, and the others will be comfortable in the cellar for quite some time.
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Decanted and enjoyed over the next two hours. Does a big evolution in this two hours. Starts tight and very dry with high acidity, dominated by lemon and a mineral touch, rounds up with time and as it get warmer, on the nose it adds first melon and with the last glass eucalyptus and a hint of sweet flowers but stays dry on the palate, medium to long finish. For sure very young if not too young, but it shows superb ageing potential and gives the certainty of a big pleasure in some years, will be best between 2025 and 2035, superb.
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Oh my god! Still way to young to drink now, but revealing its potential. Slught salinity and tones of honey, pear, ripe apple combined w. Minerality. Still high on acidity so will still age for many years. Beautiful terroir and the hand of a master winemaker. Happy I stocked up and will open a bottle every other year for many years to come
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Clear pale colour, honeysuckle and peach, minerality of a dry chenin and cleans well with crisp linear acidity. Very good drinking now (had with Japanese food and cut through the saltiness perfectly).
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Krotida Wine Gang Tasting, Domaine Huet horizontal 2017 (Oinoscent): 50% demi muids 50% en cuves, soil: clay, stony, limestone, age of vines 25yo, alc 13%, acidity:5g/lt, RS 5 g/lt, pH:3.11, production 11.000 The wine shows the same profile as the Le Mont sec 2017 but more on the earthy side, feels more open with less density and intensity than the Le Mont sec 2017. The fruit is also more on the preserved spectrum. In the palate, the wine follows the same profile with medium intensity, its more earthy, it shows ripe and overripe green apple and pear, mushroom, mineral, high acidity and long finish. Outstanding quality
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Bibendum Portfolio Tasting 2019: Lemon, slate and wax on the nose. Mineral flavour palate, well balanced with some nicely ripe fruit. Good length as well.
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Second Sunday Group: Geja's Cafe format (Marty's): Double blind. Notes of toast, bitter almond and orchard fruit. Somewhat heavy, almost waxy texture. Orchard fruit and melon. Medium+ finish. Nothing about this said chenin to me.
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Enjoyed this with is clean pear, apple and mineral notes, lots of acidity in the palate with a fresh mouth feel and lots of length needs time though to show it’s best 2032++
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2017s From Domaine Huet (Armit Wines): Very mineral. This has an incisive crunch to it and comes across as more restrained than Le Haut Lieu Sec today. That usually means a longer life ahead with these wines. A touch of springtime flowers in the scent. This broadens and builds in the mouth showing some very fine red apple and acacia like notes. The acidity is really not harsh at all and there is no sense of austerity to the finish. Alc 13% RS 5g/l TA 5g/l pH 3.11 Offered at £155 per 6 bottles under bond to Armit clients (£33.60 per bottle inc taxes)
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5/7/2024 - ciaovito Likes this wine: 92 Points
Telltale apple sauce, ginger, honey and quinine. Very tangy with nice acidic lift. Although I like this wine, not sure if it will be a 10-12 year vintage. Seems to lack a bit of character older Bourg have shown .
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4/20/2024 - wayfarer Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very nice, moderate weight, crisp with lingering touch of honey. A bit more wool, lemon/lime and floral notes as wine opened, to go with light stone fruit, apple, pear. Definitely improved with air time. Did not find pronounced acid core some note, but sufficient on its own and to complement dinner of sauteed sea scallops. Enjoyable.
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10/24/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Rich orchard fruit aromas and flavors with some lemon curd notes, this is impressively rich, but seems like it is on the "demi-sec" side of a "sec" to me. Good now, but I am planning to give my remaining bottles more time in the cellar, with possible upside from here.
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10/8/2023 - jlm wrote:
Drinking very well. Similar to my note from July, unsurprisingly. Clear, delineated aromas and flavors are a delight. What really stood out to me this time was the long, mineral finish. Expressive now but still young.
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8/27/2023 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points
Coravin. Golden; aromatic, quince, honeyed; slightly off dry but as expected for "sec" Vouvray, medium-plus refreshing acidity, medium (13%) alcohol, lemon-lime, a bit of wet wool, a bit of quince; finish is medium length. Always distinctive, always a treat, and in this bottle showing quite youthful with a decade ahead of it. 92
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6/21/2023 - jlm wrote:
Expressive nose with waxy apple, pollen and almond. The modest residual sugar gives the palate some roundness, but it's not perceptibly sweet, and there's a zingy acidic core throughout. Drinking well, with some upside yet for further aging.
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6/20/2023 - norway08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Loire chenin with 21 grams of residual sugar. Aromas of quince, honeydew melon, bruised apple, grapefruit and ginger. Concentrated, full bodied and long. A reference wine for semi-sweet chenin blancs!
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5/24/2023 - jviz wrote: 92 Points
Really nice rendition of the Clos du Bourg. This wine was riper, more concentrated and sappy next to le Haut Lieu of the same vintage.
Compact and serious with dried fruit, thick dark honey and lime peel. Long finish with the alcohol a little more showy on this bottle. My 2nd favorite of the flight.
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11/10/2022 - Rich S Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pale golden color. Really pretty nose with ripe stone fruit, lemon zest, powdery crushed rock, lanolin, maybe some earl grey tea. Really a pleasure to smell this wine. Similar flavors on the palate with a mix of ripe fruit balanced by some savory and mineral driven flavors. High acidity balances out the ripeness of the fruit and the wine seems pretty much dry on the palate. Long finish. Glad to have another bottle in the cellar. Excellent QPR.
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5/15/2022 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 90 Points
It’s not ready yet but it’s just phenomenal even it youth. Ripe stone fruit, grapefruit, and bergamot with solid acidity and such concentration. It’s a brilliant wine that’s going to deliver for many years ahead.
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3/26/2022 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is clearly going to be a phenomenal wine. The structure is so tight and fine at the moment, with so much crisp fruit (apple, white peach, apricot). It was great to try it and cannot wait to revisit it nearer the end of the decade.
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12/31/2021 - Deux Chevaux wrote:
Pale straw. Quite dry, with beautiful acid backbone, upon opening. Then with 30 min of air some pleasant musky/lanolin/herbal characteristics came to the fore. This seems poised to develop nicely, and we will try to hold off opening another for a few years.
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9/20/2021 - MichaelMA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pretty much a perfect representation of this wine. Drinking spectacularly.
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9/11/2021 - EhrlichDY Likes this wine:
Popped and poured. Fantastic from the get go with loads of sweet apple fruit and plenty of acid to add balance. This seemed sweeter than I’m used to for a Sec but that’s not a complaint. I’m just not sure if it’s the style or the vintage. This should age wonderfully if premox doesn’t occur.
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8/8/2021 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Pop and pour yesterday, in the fridge overnight; benchmarking. Yesterday, loads of soft sweet apple, a hint of lanolin, soft herbs...A touch softer on the nose today with more of the same...so lovely. On the palate: fantastic acidity, and good depth and density. As always, these improve immensely with age. Let's see if I can keep my hands off another one for a few years. Fantastic.
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5/29/2021 - VolatileMonkey Likes this wine: 93 Points
very nice vouvray. slightly pricier than Le Haut-Lieu from the same producer.. somehow I prefer the cheaper one! will have to wait for them to cellar a while longer before I finally decide which I prefer.
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5/9/2021 - The Wineosceros Likes this wine: 82 Points
Pear to dried fruit. Opens beautifully into a rounded, pleasant wine. Fruit forward with lingering flavours, although not multi-dimentional.
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5/4/2021 - christyler Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice showing - I like these young.
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4/19/2021 - maxima wrote: 91 Points
Très beau Chenin, bien droit et vif.
Pommes et poires avec une pointe mielleuse.
Fleurs et épices en arrière-plan.
Pas mal long en finale avec une belle
impression de minéraux.
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3/12/2021 - randyjc wrote: 93 Points
The wine is much better day 2. On initial opening it seemed more angular than is typical for Huet, and the flavors were a bit muted. Day two it opened showing soft white tree fruit including some tart apple. Pronounced and delicious minerality, lengthy high-acid finish. Quite an excellent wine.
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1/13/2021 - Capitán Sulfito wrote:
I had many doubts but couldn't resist drinking now. This will certainly improve with age but drinking now is by no means an infanticide. Massive acidity, concentration, "grip", focus and power. Outstanding.
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12/28/2020 - mercurius wrote: 90 Points
This was high acid and still needs some time to come together in my humble opinion. Hold.
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10/3/2020 - DaddyNeedsPow wrote:
Packed with potential. Aromas explode with the pull of the cork. I get lots of apple/pear on the nose, with a barest hint of honeycomb. Good acidity that sneaks up on you, and seemed more pronounced the second night. I love these wines when they have some age on them, opening this was just a frivolity, and the others will be comfortable in the cellar for quite some time.
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9/18/2020 - amateur62 Likes this wine:
Decanted and enjoyed over the next two hours. Does a big evolution in this two hours. Starts tight and very dry with high acidity, dominated by lemon and a mineral touch, rounds up with time and as it get warmer, on the nose it adds first melon and with the last glass eucalyptus and a hint of sweet flowers but stays dry on the palate, medium to long finish. For sure very young if not too young, but it shows superb ageing potential and gives the certainty of a big pleasure in some years, will be best between 2025 and 2035, superb.
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7/13/2020 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very young. Takes a while to open up. Not convinced there is significant upside with age.
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6/12/2020 - BoboWines Likes this wine: 93 Points
outstanding
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3/28/2020 - RobertSchuyt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Oh my god! Still way to young to drink now, but revealing its potential. Slught salinity and tones of honey, pear, ripe apple combined w. Minerality. Still high on acidity so will still age for many years. Beautiful terroir and the hand of a master winemaker. Happy I stocked up and will open a bottle every other year for many years to come
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3/16/2020 - Jeffrey Brennan Likes this wine: 90 Points
Clear pale colour, honeysuckle and peach, minerality of a dry chenin and cleans well with crisp linear acidity. Very good drinking now (had with Japanese food and cut through the saltiness perfectly).
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3/1/2020 - kostaslonis wrote: 90 Points
Krotida Wine Gang Tasting, Domaine Huet horizontal 2017 (Oinoscent): 50% demi muids 50% en cuves, soil: clay, stony, limestone, age of vines 25yo, alc 13%, acidity:5g/lt, RS 5 g/lt, pH:3.11, production 11.000
The wine shows the same profile as the Le Mont sec 2017 but more on the earthy side, feels more open with less density and intensity than the Le Mont sec 2017. The fruit is also more on the preserved spectrum.
In the palate, the wine follows the same profile with medium intensity, its more earthy, it shows ripe and overripe green apple and pear, mushroom, mineral, high acidity and long finish.
Outstanding quality
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9/24/2019 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
Bibendum Portfolio Tasting 2019: Lemon, slate and wax on the nose. Mineral flavour palate, well balanced with some nicely ripe fruit. Good length as well.
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6/9/2019 - AllRed wrote: 88 Points
Second Sunday Group: Geja's Cafe format (Marty's): Double blind. Notes of toast, bitter almond and orchard fruit. Somewhat heavy, almost waxy texture. Orchard fruit and melon. Medium+ finish. Nothing about this said chenin to me.
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5/10/2019 - MichaelMA Likes this wine: 90 Points
Great flavor profile, but a bit less acid driven, giving it a fuller rounded mouth feel.
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12/12/2018 - pren wrote: 89 Points
当时不太open。据说,六个月后,就会有变化。
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9/29/2018 - eoinhharkins wrote: 92 Points
Enjoyed this with is clean pear, apple and mineral notes, lots of acidity in the palate with a fresh mouth feel and lots of length needs time though to show it’s best 2032++
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7/12/2018 - Bathtub58 wrote: 89 Points
Popped and poured. Nose of his honeysuckle. Fresh. Moderately long finish.
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6/21/2018 - VinoVeloVinyl wrote: 92 Points
2017s From Domaine Huet (Armit Wines): Very mineral. This has an incisive crunch to it and comes across as more restrained than Le Haut Lieu Sec today. That usually means a longer life ahead with these wines. A touch of springtime flowers in the scent. This broadens and builds in the mouth showing some very fine red apple and acacia like notes. The acidity is really not harsh at all and there is no sense of austerity to the finish.
Alc 13%
RS 5g/l
TA 5g/l
pH 3.11
Offered at £155 per 6 bottles under bond to Armit clients (£33.60 per bottle inc taxes)
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5/15/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Tasted after 2017 Le Haut Lieu Sec. Richer, lovely concentration, still fresh and bright on the palate. More depth and complexity, fine length. 91-92+
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