Crystaline, clear, clean, slices like a knife. Usual suspects in the background: pit fruits, citrus, singing choir behind the diva soprano acidity. Best bottle of this vintage so far. Surprised, I've been souring on Huet since the 2012 vintage, but this bottle casts the house in a new light for me.
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Good, not exciting. Very Vouvray, very Huet, but the volume's muted. Not oxidized, but the rest of my bottles are headed into the 'drink up' section of my storage.
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My third bottle out of the stash. I haven't been impressed by the first two, but this bottle is completely stellar - precise, focused, crystalline. An unimpeachable bottle and really superb by any standard. Sorry I am writing from memory and can't offer flavor and aroma details, but, if you have a few, open one now and write a note of your own. Warning, may taste musty on opening and take half and hour to an hour to show its breed.
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Green apple, a bit of lemon peel, acid and a touch of flowery perfume around the edges. Has a tiny sweet spot in the middle, honeysuckle. Very pretty and delicate. It's a bit baked and aging, fruit is soft and fading although the acid stands up. I'd drink these up based on this bottle, although I understand there is pretty significant bottle variation. Very good, but its best days are behind it. Might also be interesting to see if it has a second act.
Wow, after about an hour of air this has really opened up. Shed some of the cobwebs. Has gotten even prettier.
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Lots of beeswax and marzipan. Mango sherbet, apricotpreserve. Seems to have some RS, but this doesn't bother me and somehow adds to the complexity and roundness of the wine.
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Very nice, light, delicate, beautiful. Good clean steely acid. A bit of honeysuckle. Rich mouth. Beautiful long finish. A gorgeous wine but could use a little more umpf. Very good, but this bottle isn't for long term aging.
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Just not a convincing wine. Somewhat floral, a little r.s. to give roundness, but nothing really coming together, nothing of interest. A bad bottle? A closed period?
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Drinking great. Full maturity, mellow complexity with tame fruit, acid, green apple, wool. Lovely, clean and clear, bright. Drink now and over the next five years. Lovely.
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Just beautiful... Gorgeous and rich bouquet of fruitpunch, spice, herbs, honey and a dash of petrol. Apricot, peach, candied citrus, hints of almondpaste, wool and honey on the palate. Concentrated and creamy mouthfeel. This is very well balanced and complete. Drinking at peak. And @ under 20€, a real QPR winner.
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A very good showing, with pungent and typical aromas of fruit and wool and herbal honey. Delicious and balanced on the palate, with ample body and density on the midpalate - the wine feels substantial, in a good way. Not the most profound example of this wine, but very good.
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Quite dry. Pretty, delicate with bright, present, sharp acid. Steely, mineral, stone. Lovely very long finish. A bit of almond, flower petal. Really fine. Young.
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Wow. Apricot, slate stone and honey on the nose. Hits the palate with honey-like sweetness and transitions into a fresh lemon acidity. The lemon is pure and delicious. The acidity is powerful and well integrated. With the lemon comes a stony note. Somewhere towards the end some green apple hints appear. The weight starts a bit heavier at first with the sweetness and then lightens at the mid palate. Finish is medium to long.
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POP. Drank w salmon and spicy shrimp. Still a bit tight. Clean, dry lemons and limes, minerals on palte and finsish, rsg is there but well balanced with acidity. Willrrt to save last bottle for 2+ years.
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drank over 4 hours with a slight decant to start. loved the acidity and the length grew with more air. really nice bottle and something I will grab a few more of for the future.
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TN: A few wines at Paul's baconpalooza (Paul's): Salvation on a hot and humid day. Precise and invigorating with quince, almond, mineral and yellow fruit flavors and aromas. It's showing a surprising amount of residual sugar for a Sec and a quick check later on the stats chart I got at the domaine confirms that there's actually13.5 g/l in it. As a comparison, there's only 8.5 g/l in the '09 and 6.0 g/l in the '05. That said, the wine is brilliantly balanced. Just a delight to drink. Solid A-.
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Delicious wine with excellent intensity and fruit concentration. Lovely unusual flavors of nutmeg and honey. Long, spicy satisfying finish. Really good and authentic juice.
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Bright, lemony, limey, acidic with honeysuckle and wax. Med-Light bodied with a long lemon finish. Silky with a hint of spritz. Clean and clear and refined. I think this will improve with a few years in bottle, although I have little experience to back this up. Very nice. B
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11/1/2022 - fitzi wrote:
Crystaline, clear, clean, slices like a knife. Usual suspects in the background: pit fruits, citrus, singing choir behind the diva soprano acidity. Best bottle of this vintage so far. Surprised, I've been souring on Huet since the 2012 vintage, but this bottle casts the house in a new light for me.
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2/5/2022 - fitzi wrote:
Good, not exciting. Very Vouvray, very Huet, but the volume's muted. Not oxidized, but the rest of my bottles are headed into the 'drink up' section of my storage.
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8/20/2021 - fitzi wrote:
My third bottle out of the stash. I haven't been impressed by the first two, but this bottle is completely stellar - precise, focused, crystalline. An unimpeachable bottle and really superb by any standard. Sorry I am writing from memory and can't offer flavor and aroma details, but, if you have a few, open one now and write a note of your own. Warning, may taste musty on opening and take half and hour to an hour to show its breed.
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8/6/2021 - MRichman wrote:
Green apple, a bit of lemon peel, acid and a touch of flowery perfume around the edges. Has a tiny sweet spot in the middle, honeysuckle. Very pretty and delicate. It's a bit baked and aging, fruit is soft and fading although the acid stands up. I'd drink these up based on this bottle, although I understand there is pretty significant bottle variation. Very good, but its best days are behind it. Might also be interesting to see if it has a second act.
Wow, after about an hour of air this has really opened up. Shed some of the cobwebs. Has gotten even prettier.
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11/2/2020 - jkoenen wrote: 91 Points
Lots of beeswax and marzipan. Mango sherbet, apricotpreserve. Seems to have some RS, but this doesn't bother me and somehow adds to the complexity and roundness of the wine.
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11/29/2019 - DaleW wrote:
is a fun burst of honeycomb, wax, and apple. Some floral notes with air. Drinking well already. B+
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9/20/2019 - MRichman wrote:
Very nice, light, delicate, beautiful. Good clean steely acid. A bit of honeysuckle. Rich mouth. Beautiful long finish. A gorgeous wine but could use a little more umpf. Very good, but this bottle isn't for long term aging.
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4/29/2019 - cfk49 wrote: 84 Points
Just not a convincing wine. Somewhat floral, a little r.s. to give roundness, but nothing really coming together, nothing of interest. A bad bottle? A closed period?
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12/1/2018 - MRichman wrote:
Drinking great. Full maturity, mellow complexity with tame fruit, acid, green apple, wool. Lovely, clean and clear, bright. Drink now and over the next five years. Lovely.
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2/17/2018 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points
Just beautiful...
Gorgeous and rich bouquet of fruitpunch, spice, herbs, honey and a dash of petrol. Apricot, peach, candied citrus, hints of almondpaste, wool and honey on the palate. Concentrated and creamy mouthfeel. This is very well balanced and complete.
Drinking at peak. And @ under 20€, a real QPR winner.
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12/25/2017 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
A very good showing, with pungent and typical aromas of fruit and wool and herbal honey. Delicious and balanced on the palate, with ample body and density on the midpalate - the wine feels substantial, in a good way. Not the most profound example of this wine, but very good.
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6/21/2015 - MRichman wrote:
Quite dry. Pretty, delicate with bright, present, sharp acid. Steely, mineral, stone. Lovely very long finish. A bit of almond, flower petal. Really fine. Young.
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2/2/2013 - WineGeneral wrote: 90 Points
Very honeyed aromas and flavors. Had I been blind tasting this, I would have thought it was a demi-sec as it seems unusually sweet for a sec.
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12/1/2012 - johndefi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wow. Apricot, slate stone and honey on the nose. Hits the palate with honey-like sweetness and transitions into a fresh lemon acidity. The lemon is pure and delicious. The acidity is powerful and well integrated. With the lemon comes a stony note. Somewhere towards the end some green apple hints appear. The weight starts a bit heavier at first with the sweetness and then lightens at the mid palate. Finish is medium to long.
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3/29/2012 - gwkozar wrote: 91 Points
POP. Drank w salmon and spicy shrimp. Still a bit tight. Clean, dry lemons and limes, minerals on palte and finsish, rsg is there but well balanced with acidity.
Willrrt to save last bottle for 2+ years.
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1/3/2012 - jcha24 wrote:
drank over 4 hours with a slight decant to start. loved the acidity and the length grew with more air. really nice bottle and something I will grab a few more of for the future.
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8/20/2011 - BradKNYC wrote:
TN: A few wines at Paul's baconpalooza (Paul's): Salvation on a hot and humid day. Precise and invigorating with quince, almond, mineral and yellow fruit flavors and aromas. It's showing a surprising amount of residual sugar for a Sec and a quick check later on the stats chart I got at the domaine confirms that there's actually13.5 g/l in it. As a comparison, there's only 8.5 g/l in the '09 and 6.0 g/l in the '05. That said, the wine is brilliantly balanced. Just a delight to drink. Solid A-.
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5/19/2011 - gwkozar wrote: 91 Points
bright lighter yellow. Clean sharp, pears, honey, strong stoney fruit gives a long finsh.
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1/5/2011 - dream wrote: 91 Points
Delicious wine with excellent intensity and fruit concentration. Lovely unusual flavors of nutmeg and honey. Long, spicy satisfying finish. Really good and authentic juice.
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10/3/2010 - wine n joy wrote: 92 Points
Good, straw color. Nose of pears, butterscotch, green apples. Smooth mouthfeel, medium body. Tangy. Nice, long finish.
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8/14/2010 - MRichman wrote:
Bright, lemony, limey, acidic with honeysuckle and wax. Med-Light bodied with a long lemon finish. Silky with a hint of spritz. Clean and clear and refined. I think this will improve with a few years in bottle, although I have little experience to back this up. Very nice.
B
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