1989 Domaine Huet Vouvray Début Pressée Le Mont

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 97.3 points

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  1/6/2022 - MattHo wrote: 97 Points

  Single bottle, sourced from BBR, drunk with friends at new year. This bottle has a ‘new’ label and I think was released from Huet cellars directly to BBR in the last few years (and labelled at that point).
  
  Having enjoyed the 1989 Huet Haut-Lieu Moelleux Premiere Trie so much (and looking forward to the rest of a full case over years to come) I was intrigued to try this, and a single bottle on sale was too much to resist.
  
  Condition was very good - cork in good state, 3/4 soaked. Fill excellent. No mustiness. Slightly deeper colour than H-L PT, deep orange, copper, verging towards brown.
  
  Aroma was restrained, but delightful - verging towards hints of figs, dates, molasses.
  
  On tasting it was exceptional - wonderfully intense, each sip reverberating. Beautifully rich, the acidity holding everything in balance. Paired with saucisson and goats cheese it was a lovely match. Finished up the dregs on day 2 and it was still in great shape - maybe better? (Maybe worth decanting these wines a few hours before serving?).
  
  Not as light as the Haut Lieu Premiere Trie, and it does feel a little more mature, but gaining character in return. I suspect it will continue to age well.
  
  (When purchasing I also got a 1989 Huet Le Mont ‘Fin de Presse’. It will be interesting to compare in due course…)

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  6/17/2017 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Rich, honeyed, great acidity, very long and balanced

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  5/10/2013 - JeffGMorris wrote: flawed

  Loire based dinner at Fuleen Seafood, Chinatown, NYC w/ Brad Kane and several others. Very generously brought by Brad as he had scanned my CT notes and did not see that i had ever had this before ( I hadn't ). Sadly the wine was corked. The nose was dead with just cork taint but the palate showed sweet apricots and tremendous depth. Awesome to think of what a pristine bottle would taste like given all that came through on the palate of this corked bottle. Not rated.

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  5/10/2013 - BradKNYC wrote: flawed

  A night of stellar wines from Vouvray, Germany and Alsace. (Fuleen Seafood House): Corked, dangit.

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  3/14/2013 - octopussy Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Orange amber colour. In the nose very complex, yet slightly restrained. Orange and blood orange, blood orange jam, a touch of gingery "Le Mont" spiciness. Warm, slightly yeasty. On the palate, unbelievably complex, finest acidity, very pleasant sweetness. Grand minerality. A complete wine with still more potential.

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