Huet-A-Thon (Bay Area Edition): Razor sharp, precise and strongly mineral on the palate with hints of citrus. Just so electric and taut. On the nose, I’m getting beeswax, lanolin, and lemons. One of the older wines at the table, but in terms of color and freshness, you could easily mistake it as one of the youngest. This is so alive and vibrant. Another fabulous ‘96 from Huet.
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October 2023 Loire Dinner (Mathilde - SF): Spry, energetic, and drinking surprisingly young. Mouth-watering acidity, white fruit, and scintillating minerality. Hot damn, this was good.
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Loire Tasting (Mathilda Bistro, San Francisco): Very pretty nose with citrus notes, minerals, hay, orange zest, tart white peach, and honey. Good acidity on the palate with quite fresh fruit, lemon, citrus zest, and chalk. Nice finish. This has aged beautifully and while fully mature it still possesses good freshness and lift. I really enjoyed the palate in particular.
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Berserker Offline (Mathilde Bistro - SF): Very Huet in the nose - delicate but focused, honey lanolin and sweet flowers. First taste is a bit attenuated and a touch shrill, clearly Chenin flavors, with a bit of mineral bath salt bitterness. The palate fleshes out with some air, becoming more textural and with the acid playing more harmoniously. I like it more and more as it comes into balance over the evening. Probably would have enjoyed it more without being sandwiched between truly stunning wines, the Baumard and the Bernadeau.
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P&P and remarkable change in color when poured in the glass, darkening into light bronze color within seconds. At first, a bit of aromatic turbulence, some bruised apples were rather pronounced along with a slight funky smell, had me a tad concerned. After 10 minutes, feat not. The nose receded back into a more fresh state, still a little funk, but given the 26 year mark, I’ll can define it now as ‘character’. The palate never faltered and fresh from the opening bell, this was a remarkable specimen of fresh squeezed citrus fruit over white flowers, a slight honeyed edge and a very strong lanolin quality in both taste and texture that surely has been a direct result of aging gracefully. I may keep a bottle or five from select vintages that I have in the cellar (07 to 19) to age out to the 20 year mark, but truth be told, I love em young. Still what a testament to a great aged Sec wine.
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Almost neon light orange. Vague nose with mild honey and lemon notes. Incredibly alive lemon with honey. Zinging acidity and stellar minerality. Not at all oxidized and beautifully, perfectly aged. The finish lasts forever. Wonderful stuff, side by side with their semi-sec from the same year. It looks quite viscous in the glass but comes off as a little watery compared to the visual. Delicious.
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Vivid glowing yellow that shows no sign of age. Lemon-lime and wet stones on the nose. Stunning wine - lemon-lime notes with strong minerality, zinging acids, and unbelieveably fresh and fruit forward. Really stellar.
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Blind wines (OC): Poured blind, paired with the 2007 which was also blinded. Some goldening of the color with this 96. The aromatics and flavor suggested Chenin to me. Yellow apple, stone fruit like a juicy peach with citrusy lime. Texture was a little fatter than I expected. Retasted again at the end of the meal, this had picked up some additional energy, along with a rose water note. Aside from the color and a touch of age on the aromatic, this wine is doing just fine at 20+ years old. Lovely aged Huet Mont.
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The last of my original batch, bought when I was discovering Loire whites. I last had this around ten years ago and such is my comparative lack of experience with older Huets, I was expecting something a bit OTT. I couldn't have been more wrong. The colour gives it away immediately: unlike the Chidaine Clos Baudoin 05 tried the night before, which was burnt gold, the Huet is a light, youthful-looking lemon-gold. The nose is bright, tight, notes of citrus fruits, a hint of honey, some white spring flowers and a base of chalky, almost flinty stone. The attack is just as taut at first, with crisp notes of lemon, a touch of grapefruit and quince, before the honey comes in and the long finish begins, with more pronounced honey flavours and even a little pear. It's breathtakingly fresh and youthful: I would never have guessed this was a 96, it tastes no more than four or five years old. Full of poise and elegance, a remarkable wine. This has at least another decade to go, probably more. Much as I like other Vouvrays and Montlouis, there really is no comparison.
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I had this bottle written in as le Haut Lieu but in fact it was Le Mont. No matter, it was oxidised with marked sherry notes. Can one talk of premox in a dry white in its 21st year? Yes, if it is from Huet and a great Loire vintage like 1996.
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Chenin Fest: 28 Loire Chenin Blancs from 1995 - 1997. (Don Rice's.): Beautiful aromatics dominated by earthy tones, stone fruits and bergamot. Fresh on the palate and surprisingly rich and ripe, but there's tremendous structure here. That said, the edges have rounded out significantly in the past few years, so it's not as severe as it has shown in the past, creating a delightfully luscious mouthfeel. No real signs of oxidation. With air the fruit started to freshen up and shift more from orange toned to yellow, with quince leading the way. Gorgeous wine and one of my favorites of the evening. A/A-.
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found this little gem lurking in a wine list in Japanese restaurant Uni. this was awesome. note from memory, had golden color. nose was mostly secondary stuff as expected, but what drove this wine was a core of lemony acidity framed with waxy secondary notes. matched each dish stride for stride with ease, from the most delicate to the boldest flavors. this was nice tonight, and properly cellared I would guess will hang in for awhile. all about how you like your whites I suppose
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Pungent and deeply funky with buckets of washed rind cheesy umami and dirty sex overlying bare overtones of beeswax and orchard fruits. Though lacking the psychedelic intensity of many older Huets, there was still that pleasingly dirty rawness, like a humid room where the ghost of a steamy, sweaty rendezvous still hangs heavily in the air.
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Plusing up the score given its vibrancy at this age. Pure, fresh, electric. A winner, in excellent condition. Great acid, light citrus and very enjoyable. Has life ahead but fun now.
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What a fabulous wine. Still young and fresh but with more depth. Great mouth-feel and aromatics. Light body but striking, yet blanced, acidity. Now I know how these wines can age so well. Delish! Loved it and wish I had bought more...
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Second successful bottle of this wine. The one word that came to mind when drinking it was depth. It is like a bottomless well of flavors and sensations. Concentrated fruit, poached pear and poached apricot, nuttiness, smooth full texture, great length, although it is a sec, this struck me as just off-dry. Such a fun experience to enjoy a wine like this with some age on it.
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Bright gold color, showing no signs of oxidation. Honey nose, rich palate, with citrus and lemony. Some chalkiness as well. The finish was also very impressive. Elegant and beautiful.
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Golden color, clear all the way through. The nose shows some Chenin typicity of apples and pears, long deep haunting aromatics. Rich & fruity but with a firm acidic backbone. I don't have enough good things to say about Huet wines, so I won't wax on here. Just call this exceptional.
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France Trip-Loire Valley and Paris; 10/22/2012-10/28/2012: Mature yellow. Great nose of pear and yellow apple with some secondary floral perfume emerging later. Similar flavors, outstanding glycerine mouth feel, just about bone dry, strong but fully integrated acidity. Poised and very long. I drank my last bottle of this in 2010, and it was clearly over the hill. Clearly, with perfect storage here in France, that needn't be the case. Outstanding bottle.
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P&P, 56 degrees. Deep yellow/golden. Amazing brightness and acidity. Wonderful silky mouthfeel. Moderate finish. Nose of apple and mineral and honey. Fruit opens on palate to complexity. Wish I had opened on a different day - sort of a mistake, long day at work and grabbed what looked good. Great experience of an older white wine - love it.
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Lots of Loires: Gold tints the straw color, it smells like apple pie with just a hint of spice and honey, followed by strong chalk and other minerals as it warms up and breathes a little. The rich fruit wraps around a refreshing acidic core with terrific complexity, agility, and length. Very good, but with room to improve as the fruit, acid and minerals should integrate more with time.
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Fabulous rendition of Vouvray Sec in its teen years. Initially showing some wince-inducing canned fruit aromas, but a couple of hours of aeration bring this to a happy place. Typical chenin lanolin and golden fruit aromas. Young but developing palate that seems to just be starting to unwind and develop some richness to balance the slightly clenched structure. I did not find the acid to be out of balance at all. Drink and hold.
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my notes are consistent with Brad's. Luckily, we had some (read: lots) of Haystack goat cheese. The textural juxtaposition with the cheese along with the vibrant acids created a stunning organoleptic experience. I'll get some more in a few weeks, to be sure. A-
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This could be one of the best bottles of white wine I have ever had. A slight nuttiness on the nose with some peach and pear. Dry and with good, but not over-bearing acidity, tasted a slight nuttiness, which I attribute to the age, over terrific pear, citrus and minerality. The nuttiness added depth and character but in no way overpowered the fruit, which was quite taught and focused, not at all flowery. It was almost like there was some nut dust stirred into the wine, and it cooperated beautifully with the other flavors. Terrific long finish, silky smooth texture and mouth feel.
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Loire Odyssey, Part V - I did it my Huët (Absinthe, Boat Quay): Excellent. The driest of the wines we had, this was a ncie little pairing with some scallop carpaccio. It was all very seashell, flint and limestoney on the nose, with strong twist of citrus lime racing alonside. It could almost have been a Chablis on that bouquet if not for a whiff of freshly laundered sheets and some fleshy pears that came in at the rear, along with a honeyed note crept out over time. Nice stuff though. The palate took on some of those Chablis-like character that nose had as well, with a lovely lime and lemony attack buttresed by a savoury, earthy, chalky undertone on the midpalate, with a ton of lanolin flavours pulling alongside. It was completely dry, with lovely weight and depth anchored by bright citrussy acidity. There was a lovely minerally structure to it as well. With time, hints of white-fruited pear emerged on the back-palate and some flowery notes drifted out to mingle with the fruit just before the wine danced off into a long, stony minerally finish with a nutty lilt at the edges. When paired with the scallops, a very seashelly, metally note came out that a few of us really enjoyed - I must say not everyone was absolutely convinced about the pairing though. Nevertheless, this was a very compelling wine. Still really youthful in feel, but already full of complex, mouthfilling flavours. I am not sure just how long this will take before it reaches peek - it seems quite indestructible at the moment - but I am quite sure it will be a superb wine when it does. It would be nice to try this again in 5 years' time to take a reading.
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Occupy Spoof comes to town. (Joe's.): Now this is a Sec when Sec was Sec! Invigorating and bordering on severe, it shows off that '96 acidity with pride. Lean and mostly dry, it exhibits wonderful purity and a profile of honeycomb, white flowers, almonds and quince with a strong lanolin note. Would've loved some goat cheese with this as food would've helped tame it a bit and perhaps allowed a deeper exploration of its character. Lovely stuff, though. A-/B+.
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Lunch Loire O'Thym Couleur de vieux Chenin blanc. Un vin gras aux arômes de sucre d'orge, de pain d'épice. Bel équilibre et quelle longueur. Excellent.
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Great stuff here. Rich nose with honey, pumpkin, quince with hint of flint. Dry, borderline of having a touch of RS, high acidity giving the wine plenty of energy in spite of its fatness. Lemony honey with the slightest hint of oxidation. Really a good and authentic Chenin. Bravo.
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Full yellow color. Some sherry at first, then more pristine citrus, wax, lavender honey, and flowers. Lean, gained focus over time with strong mineral finish. Acidity not that prominent. Oxidative qualities re-emerged though. Not frankly flawed, but this bottle was over the hill and far more evolved than my last one 2+ years ago. I would not have predicted such a rapid decline.
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Fairly pale with only a bit of yellow. Served too cold, but over time, marvelous lime, quince, and a touch of honey emerged. Very lean but long flavors--no honey here, but beautifully balanced medium weight Vouvray with thrilling acidity. Classic, but I wish I had held onto this bottle for further development. Still has a great future ahead of it.
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Cork was soaked, even leaked a bit (mould on top). Deep, light golden youthful color. Restrained nose. On the palate first a slightly sweet impression. Full bodied but quite monolithic. Intense, long finish. Very good acidity. Youthful - one can hardly believe that this is nine years old. I have no experience with older Huets, but this should have a long and interesting future. it is not giving much at the moment. Hold?
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4/20/2024 - ylkim30 Likes this wine:
Huet-A-Thon (Bay Area Edition): Razor sharp, precise and strongly mineral on the palate with hints of citrus. Just so electric and taut. On the nose, I’m getting beeswax, lanolin, and lemons. One of the older wines at the table, but in terms of color and freshness, you could easily mistake it as one of the youngest. This is so alive and vibrant. Another fabulous ‘96 from Huet.
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10/7/2023 - ylkim30 Likes this wine:
October 2023 Loire Dinner (Mathilde - SF): Spry, energetic, and drinking surprisingly young. Mouth-watering acidity, white fruit, and scintillating minerality. Hot damn, this was good.
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10/7/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points
Loire Tasting (Mathilda Bistro, San Francisco): Very pretty nose with citrus notes, minerals, hay, orange zest, tart white peach, and honey. Good acidity on the palate with quite fresh fruit, lemon, citrus zest, and chalk. Nice finish. This has aged beautifully and while fully mature it still possesses good freshness and lift. I really enjoyed the palate in particular.
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10/7/2023 - ohne_musik wrote: 92 Points
Berserker Offline (Mathilde Bistro - SF): Very Huet in the nose - delicate but focused, honey lanolin and sweet flowers. First taste is a bit attenuated and a touch shrill, clearly Chenin flavors, with a bit of mineral bath salt bitterness. The palate fleshes out with some air, becoming more textural and with the acid playing more harmoniously. I like it more and more as it comes into balance over the evening. Probably would have enjoyed it more without being sandwiched between truly stunning wines, the Baumard and the Bernadeau.
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7/27/2022 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points
P&P and remarkable change in color when poured in the glass, darkening into light bronze color within seconds. At first, a bit of aromatic turbulence, some bruised apples were rather pronounced along with a slight funky smell, had me a tad concerned. After 10 minutes, feat not. The nose receded back into a more fresh state, still a little funk, but given the 26 year mark, I’ll can define it now as ‘character’. The palate never faltered and fresh from the opening bell, this was a remarkable specimen of fresh squeezed citrus fruit over white flowers, a slight honeyed edge and a very strong lanolin quality in both taste and texture that surely has been a direct result of aging gracefully. I may keep a bottle or five from select vintages that I have in the cellar (07 to 19) to age out to the 20 year mark, but truth be told, I love em young. Still what a testament to a great aged Sec wine.
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2/13/2022 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Almost neon light orange. Vague nose with mild honey and lemon notes. Incredibly alive lemon with honey. Zinging acidity and stellar minerality. Not at all oxidized and beautifully, perfectly aged. The finish lasts forever. Wonderful stuff, side by side with their semi-sec from the same year. It looks quite viscous in the glass but comes off as a little watery compared to the visual. Delicious.
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8/18/2020 - bags wrote:
wonderfully complex as it opens up. Will live at least another decade and probably well beyond.
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5/2/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vivid glowing yellow that shows no sign of age. Lemon-lime and wet stones on the nose. Stunning wine - lemon-lime notes with strong minerality, zinging acids, and unbelieveably fresh and fruit forward. Really stellar.
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10/25/2019 - bags wrote:
just great, and will be at least this good for another 10-15 years, for sure.
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9/20/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Blind wines (OC): Poured blind, paired with the 2007 which was also blinded. Some goldening of the color with this 96. The aromatics and flavor suggested Chenin to me. Yellow apple, stone fruit like a juicy peach with citrusy lime. Texture was a little fatter than I expected. Retasted again at the end of the meal, this had picked up some additional energy, along with a rose water note. Aside from the color and a touch of age on the aromatic, this wine is doing just fine at 20+ years old. Lovely aged Huet Mont.
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2/11/2018 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 94 Points
The last of my original batch, bought when I was discovering Loire whites. I last had this around ten years ago and such is my comparative lack of experience with older Huets, I was expecting something a bit OTT. I couldn't have been more wrong.
The colour gives it away immediately: unlike the Chidaine Clos Baudoin 05 tried the night before, which was burnt gold, the Huet is a light, youthful-looking lemon-gold.
The nose is bright, tight, notes of citrus fruits, a hint of honey, some white spring flowers and a base of chalky, almost flinty stone.
The attack is just as taut at first, with crisp notes of lemon, a touch of grapefruit and quince, before the honey comes in and the long finish begins, with more pronounced honey flavours and even a little pear.
It's breathtakingly fresh and youthful: I would never have guessed this was a 96, it tastes no more than four or five years old.
Full of poise and elegance, a remarkable wine. This has at least another decade to go, probably more. Much as I like other Vouvrays and Montlouis, there really is no comparison.
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7/28/2017 - eboracum wrote: flawed
I had this bottle written in as le Haut Lieu but in fact it was Le Mont. No matter, it was oxidised with marked sherry notes. Can one talk of premox in a dry white in its 21st year? Yes, if it is from Huet and a great Loire vintage like 1996.
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9/19/2015 - BradKNYC wrote:
Chenin Fest: 28 Loire Chenin Blancs from 1995 - 1997. (Don Rice's.): Beautiful aromatics dominated by earthy tones, stone fruits and bergamot. Fresh on the palate and surprisingly rich and ripe, but there's tremendous structure here. That said, the edges have rounded out significantly in the past few years, so it's not as severe as it has shown in the past, creating a delightfully luscious mouthfeel. No real signs of oxidation. With air the fruit started to freshen up and shift more from orange toned to yellow, with quince leading the way. Gorgeous wine and one of my favorites of the evening. A/A-.
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7/22/2014 - chcook Likes this wine:
found this little gem lurking in a wine list in Japanese restaurant Uni. this was awesome. note from memory, had golden color. nose was mostly secondary stuff as expected, but what drove this wine was a core of lemony acidity framed with waxy secondary notes. matched each dish stride for stride with ease, from the most delicate to the boldest flavors. this was nice tonight, and properly cellared I would guess will hang in for awhile. all about how you like your whites I suppose
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7/3/2013 - Riccardo Malocchio wrote: 92 Points
Pungent and deeply funky with buckets of washed rind cheesy umami and dirty sex overlying bare overtones of beeswax and orchard fruits. Though lacking the psychedelic intensity of many older Huets, there was still that pleasingly dirty rawness, like a humid room where the ghost of a steamy, sweaty rendezvous still hangs heavily in the air.
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7/3/2013 - btock Likes this wine: 93 Points
Plusing up the score given its vibrancy at this age. Pure, fresh, electric. A winner, in excellent condition. Great acid, light citrus and very enjoyable. Has life ahead but fun now.
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6/13/2013 - NNV Likes this wine: 92 Points
What a fabulous wine. Still young and fresh but with more depth. Great mouth-feel and aromatics. Light body but striking, yet blanced, acidity. Now I know how these wines can age so well. Delish! Loved it and wish I had bought more...
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4/14/2013 - 560 B&W wrote: 92 Points
Tasted again July 4, 2013 because R. cooked with it. Might be a 93.
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3/21/2013 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points
Anselme Selosse (Jacques Selosse) Legendary Dinner (Spruce Restaurant, San Francisco): Served as an aperitif. Yellow-gold color; nose has nice balanced fruits, mineral, chalky; palate is rich, medium bodied, complex; finish is a bit tart. Very nice. 90-91
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2/25/2013 - SB5784 wrote: 94 Points
Drank with Lawton bloom before enjoying the 1955 bourdy cotes du Jura rouge. Terrific.
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2/1/2013 - MichaelMA wrote: 94 Points
Second successful bottle of this wine. The one word that came to mind when drinking it was depth. It is like a bottomless well of flavors and sensations. Concentrated fruit, poached pear and poached apricot, nuttiness, smooth full texture, great length, although it is a sec, this struck me as just off-dry. Such a fun experience to enjoy a wine like this with some age on it.
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12/25/2012 - Rechrom wrote: 92 Points
No detailed notes as at a Christmas Eve dinner with family, but golden yellow, great fruit, good acidity, a crowd favorite with food.
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12/23/2012 - Pierre-Yves Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright gold color, showing no signs of oxidation.
Honey nose, rich palate, with citrus and lemony. Some chalkiness as well. The finish was also very impressive.
Elegant and beautiful.
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10/29/2012 - Anthony Lombardi wrote:
Golden color, clear all the way through. The nose shows some Chenin typicity of apples and pears, long deep haunting aromatics. Rich & fruity but with a firm acidic backbone. I don't have enough good things to say
about Huet wines, so I won't wax on here. Just call this exceptional.
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10/26/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
France Trip-Loire Valley and Paris; 10/22/2012-10/28/2012: Mature yellow. Great nose of pear and yellow apple with some secondary floral perfume emerging later. Similar flavors, outstanding glycerine mouth feel, just about bone dry, strong but fully integrated acidity. Poised and very long. I drank my last bottle of this in 2010, and it was clearly over the hill. Clearly, with perfect storage here in France, that needn't be the case. Outstanding bottle.
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10/8/2012 - chifred Likes this wine: 92 Points
P&P, 56 degrees. Deep yellow/golden. Amazing brightness and acidity. Wonderful silky mouthfeel. Moderate finish. Nose of apple and mineral and honey. Fruit opens on palate to complexity. Wish I had opened on a different day - sort of a mistake, long day at work and grabbed what looked good. Great experience of an older white wine - love it.
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8/13/2012 - MikeATL Likes this wine:
Lots of Loires: Gold tints the straw color, it smells like apple pie with just a hint of spice and honey, followed by strong chalk and other minerals as it warms up and breathes a little. The rich fruit wraps around a refreshing acidic core with terrific complexity, agility, and length. Very good, but with room to improve as the fruit, acid and minerals should integrate more with time.
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7/21/2012 - 5laton wrote:
Fabulous rendition of Vouvray Sec in its teen years. Initially showing some wince-inducing canned fruit aromas, but a couple of hours of aeration bring this to a happy place. Typical chenin lanolin and golden fruit aromas. Young but developing palate that seems to just be starting to unwind and develop some richness to balance the slightly clenched structure. I did not find the acid to be out of balance at all. Drink and hold.
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7/9/2012 - Tim Heaton wrote:
my notes are consistent with Brad's. Luckily, we had some (read: lots) of Haystack goat cheese. The textural juxtaposition with the cheese along with the vibrant acids created a stunning organoleptic experience. I'll get some more in a few weeks, to be sure. A-
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7/3/2012 - MichaelMA wrote: 94 Points
This could be one of the best bottles of white wine I have ever had. A slight nuttiness on the nose with some peach and pear. Dry and with good, but not over-bearing acidity, tasted a slight nuttiness, which I attribute to the age, over terrific pear, citrus and minerality. The nuttiness added depth and character but in no way overpowered the fruit, which was quite taught and focused, not at all flowery. It was almost like there was some nut dust stirred into the wine, and it cooperated beautifully with the other flavors. Terrific long finish, silky smooth texture and mouth feel.
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6/30/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Loire Odyssey, Part V - I did it my Huët (Absinthe, Boat Quay): Excellent. The driest of the wines we had, this was a ncie little pairing with some scallop carpaccio. It was all very seashell, flint and limestoney on the nose, with strong twist of citrus lime racing alonside. It could almost have been a Chablis on that bouquet if not for a whiff of freshly laundered sheets and some fleshy pears that came in at the rear, along with a honeyed note crept out over time. Nice stuff though. The palate took on some of those Chablis-like character that nose had as well, with a lovely lime and lemony attack buttresed by a savoury, earthy, chalky undertone on the midpalate, with a ton of lanolin flavours pulling alongside. It was completely dry, with lovely weight and depth anchored by bright citrussy acidity. There was a lovely minerally structure to it as well. With time, hints of white-fruited pear emerged on the back-palate and some flowery notes drifted out to mingle with the fruit just before the wine danced off into a long, stony minerally finish with a nutty lilt at the edges. When paired with the scallops, a very seashelly, metally note came out that a few of us really enjoyed - I must say not everyone was absolutely convinced about the pairing though. Nevertheless, this was a very compelling wine. Still really youthful in feel, but already full of complex, mouthfilling flavours. I am not sure just how long this will take before it reaches peek - it seems quite indestructible at the moment - but I am quite sure it will be a superb wine when it does. It would be nice to try this again in 5 years' time to take a reading.
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3/18/2012 - BradKNYC wrote:
Occupy Spoof comes to town. (Joe's.): Now this is a Sec when Sec was Sec! Invigorating and bordering on severe, it shows off that '96 acidity with pride. Lean and mostly dry, it exhibits wonderful purity and a profile of honeycomb, white flowers, almonds and quince with a strong lanolin note. Would've loved some goat cheese with this as food would've helped tame it a bit and perhaps allowed a deeper exploration of its character. Lovely stuff, though. A-/B+.
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3/30/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Lunch Loire O'Thym
Couleur de vieux Chenin blanc. Un vin gras aux arômes de sucre d'orge, de pain d'épice. Bel équilibre et quelle longueur. Excellent.
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8/29/2010 - french16 wrote:
Great stuff here. Rich nose with honey, pumpkin, quince with hint of flint. Dry, borderline of having a touch of RS, high acidity giving the wine plenty of energy in spite of its fatness. Lemony honey with the slightest hint of oxidation. Really a good and authentic Chenin. Bravo.
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1/25/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Full yellow color. Some sherry at first, then more pristine citrus, wax, lavender honey, and flowers. Lean, gained focus over time with strong mineral finish. Acidity not that prominent. Oxidative qualities re-emerged though. Not frankly flawed, but this bottle was over the hill and far more evolved than my last one 2+ years ago. I would not have predicted such a rapid decline.
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2/3/2008 - urga wrote:
golden, alter Apfel, gewisse Süße, gute Säure, langer Abgang, aber grundsätzlich nicht mein Fall.
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8/11/2007 - drwine2001 wrote:
Fairly pale with only a bit of yellow. Served too cold, but over time, marvelous lime, quince, and a touch of honey emerged. Very lean but long flavors--no honey here, but beautifully balanced medium weight Vouvray with thrilling acidity. Classic, but I wish I had held onto this bottle for further development. Still has a great future ahead of it.
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6/2/2007 - vulgar little monkey wrote: flawed
Corked.
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4/17/2005 - robs_r wrote:
Cork was soaked, even leaked a bit (mould on top). Deep, light golden youthful color. Restrained nose. On the palate first a slightly sweet impression. Full bodied but quite monolithic. Intense, long finish. Very good acidity. Youthful - one can hardly believe that this is nine years old. I have no experience with older Huets, but this should have a long and interesting future. it is not giving much at the moment. Hold?
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