1953 Domaine Huet Vouvray Demi-Sec Le Mont

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/19/2016 - BradKNYC wrote:

  TN: Huet Fete V: 1924-1959 (Racines, NYC): I've had much better showings of this wine, but at this age, it's all about the bottle. The wine still has its solid acidic spine, but it lacks the flesh and fruit of the '24 and what it normally shows, to stand up to it. It reveals traditional aged Chenin flavors and aromas of quince paste, apricot, tea and bergamot, but the fruit is mostly upfront and doesn't really carry through to the middle or finish. The finish is also drying. Maybe sounding a little more dour than what was in the glass, but it's tough to get the previous bottles out of my head. B+.

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  3/19/2016 - mdefreitas wrote: 92 Points

  Huets... 1959 and older (Racines, NYC): (Acquired from The Rare Wine Company a few years back) This wine had to unfortunately follow the stellar 1924 Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux, and since it was not as opulent as that wine, it suffered a bit in comparison, but this was excellent in its own right. Lean and linear and a bit un-giving on the nose, but the palate showed great precision and focus. This got better as it sat in the glass and showed quince, minerals and some Asian herb notes. High toned and a real palate refresher.

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  7/13/2013 - BradKNYC wrote:

  Treats in the cellar: Vouvray, Chablis, Bordeaux, Piedmont and Hermitage (Chelsea Wine Storage.): A beautiful bottle and showing just a bit more freshness and sweetness than a bottle three years ago. There's wonderful harmony and balance here with a classic profile of apricots, pineapples, quince paste, orange citrus and earl grey tea flavors and aromas. Granted, it's from a better vintage, but with 22 more years on it, it had retained its sugar more than a '75 demi-sec had earlier this past week. Picks up some nice minerality on the finish, but this is a fruit forward, nicely honeyed wine that, while drinking perfectly now, has much more mileage on it before it reaches any proverbial cliff. A/A-.

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  10/9/2010 - BradKNYC wrote:

  The Kesslers visit NYC and I roast a little piggy to go with some terrific wines. (Dougherty's): Decanted for only about an hour before serving, the wine really needed more time than that. A bottle I had three years ago that saw more air time was much more expressive than this bottle. That said, there was plenty to enjoy here. It shows the typical old Chenin character of desiccated apricots, nuts and shoe polish with hints of orange citrus. Still some sweetness to it, but the usual support columns are present. The wine was a little diffuse and maybe a little one dimensional at first, but started to fill in nicely with air. I wish there had been some left to go back to at the end of the night. A wonderful match with the roast pig. A-.

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  11/9/2007 - BradKNYC wrote:

  Huet fete part III: Schildknecht comes to town. (Dougherty's.): Shows a slightly deeper yellow than the previous two demi-secs and has more mature flavors and aromas. It's noticeably sweeter, though is still a very food-friendly wine. It has a bit more depth than the '57, but not as much as the '71. Lovely old apricot, baked apple, pineapple and earthy mineral abound with a nicely textured mouthfeel. Perhaps a little soft on the finish, but this is a thoroughly delicious wine with plenty of interesting things going on in it. A /A-.

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