1949 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux Le Haut-Lieu

Community Tasting Notes (8) Median Score: 90 points

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  12/14/2022 - acyso wrote: 100 Points

  A survey of Domaine Huet (Chicago, IL): Picture label. One of the best bottles of old white wine I've ever had. This bottle is simply perfect. The cork fell straight into the bottle when I touched it, but fortunately there was probably enough mold growing on the top of the bottle that it formed a seal to protect the wine from oxidation. And this wine drinks like it was put in a time machine. Blind, I think 1990s would have been a reasonable guess. Inordinately complex, with a light-on-its-feet concentration that only the best aged sweet wines can develop. There's but a modest bit of sweetness here, but the only partially dried yellow and white orchard fruits and acidity that feels nascently secondary at most give this wine a vivacity that belies its age. But despite that, this has all the requisite complexity of a wine of its age. Truly incredible.

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  11/4/2022 - DaleW wrote:

  Apricot, honey, wax,and wool, long and complex. Lingering mineral and beeswax finish, yippee., A-/A

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  3/19/2016 - BradKNYC wrote:

  TN: Huet Fete V: 1924-1959 (Racines, NYC): While a nice showing, this couldn't match the bottle I opened just over six years ago. Aromatically, it's lovely, showing marzipan, candied citrus peel, desiccated apricot and tea, but on the palate the wine is a bit lean and the fruit seems to be tiring. The acidity is still lively, but this bottle lacks the fruit levels and the sweetness that previous bottles have shown and the finish does thin out. Low A-.

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  3/19/2016 - mdefreitas wrote: 89 Points

  Huets... 1959 and older (Racines, NYC): Good, but not excellent. Bright, citric and crisp, with nice minerality and classic "wool" notes, but a bit severe and lean on the palate.

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  4/13/2014 - tooch wrote: 90 Points

  Sunday Night Dinner (Paris Club - Chicago, IL): The nose was a bit off-putting. I think the general consensus was that it was a distinct urine smell. There was also a hint of apple, pear and some typical wooly chenin character. Despite the aromatics being a bit strange, I thought the palate was far more exciting. Tons of stuff going on with a somewhat oily texture, lots of floral notes, and pear. I really liked the minerality and acidity that were integrated on the finish of the wine keeping it fresh at 65 years of age.

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