1959 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  3/26/2019 - BillBell73 Likes this wine:

  Appears to be a reconditioned bottle as the cork was maybe half the age of the bottle and the label and capsule are new. This just shows that the sec can age far, far longer than most people keep it- although I think the 20-30 year mark is best for
  good vintages. At nearly 60 years it’s got a heavily oxidative profile as you’d expect but it is coupled with strong acidity and isn’t flabby at all. Seems to perform best at cellar temperature or above, much like Musar Blanc, which this reminds me of.
  
  This is a good, not great wine, and I wouldn’t spend too much on a bottle, but it was a lot of fun to try and good with food.

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  1/22/2015 - RayOB wrote: 92 Points

  Drank in Hong Kong
  Complex nose of apples, flowers and herbs. Slightly sweet palate with a smooth crisp finish. Very different but nice.

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  12/4/2013 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points

  5 Decades of Aged Barolo with White Truffles (Absinthe, Boat Quay, Singapore): This was really unusual - a sparkling Huet Le Haut-Lieu without a "Pettilant" labelling - this perhaps came from an era before that began. In any case, it was a very interesting way to end the night, The nose was very developed, with a slightly oxidative white meat and rancio tone, alongside sweeter scents of apples, honey and malt, ringed with some floral notes and warm wafts of herbs and Christmas spices. Avery rich, warmly welcoming bouquet. The palate was reminiscent of an old Champagne. There was hardly any mousse left, but it was still fresh and lively, with a good stream of acidity running through gentle, matured flavours of browned apples, honeyed pears and sweeter dried mangoes - all lovely honeyed tones. The finish ended with a kiss of spiced and lanolin speared through by a spine of bittersweet herb. Just a little over the hill I think, but still quite a charmer.

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