1996 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Mont

Community Tasting Notes (39) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  4/20/2024 - ylkim30 Likes this wine:

  Huet-A-Thon (Bay Area Edition): Razor sharp, precise and strongly mineral on the palate with hints of citrus. Just so electric and taut. On the nose, I’m getting beeswax, lanolin, and lemons. One of the older wines at the table, but in terms of color and freshness, you could easily mistake it as one of the youngest. This is so alive and vibrant. Another fabulous ‘96 from Huet.

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  10/7/2023 - ylkim30 Likes this wine:

  October 2023 Loire Dinner (Mathilde - SF): Spry, energetic, and drinking surprisingly young. Mouth-watering acidity, white fruit, and scintillating minerality. Hot damn, this was good.

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  10/7/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Loire Tasting (Mathilda Bistro, San Francisco): Very pretty nose with citrus notes, minerals, hay, orange zest, tart white peach, and honey. Good acidity on the palate with quite fresh fruit, lemon, citrus zest, and chalk. Nice finish. This has aged beautifully and while fully mature it still possesses good freshness and lift. I really enjoyed the palate in particular.

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  10/7/2023 - ohne_musik wrote: 92 Points

  Berserker Offline (Mathilde Bistro - SF): Very Huet in the nose - delicate but focused, honey lanolin and sweet flowers. First taste is a bit attenuated and a touch shrill, clearly Chenin flavors, with a bit of mineral bath salt bitterness. The palate fleshes out with some air, becoming more textural and with the acid playing more harmoniously. I like it more and more as it comes into balance over the evening. Probably would have enjoyed it more without being sandwiched between truly stunning wines, the Baumard and the Bernadeau.

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  7/27/2022 - Dale M wrote: 94 Points

  P&P and remarkable change in color when poured in the glass, darkening into light bronze color within seconds. At first, a bit of aromatic turbulence, some bruised apples were rather pronounced along with a slight funky smell, had me a tad concerned. After 10 minutes, feat not. The nose receded back into a more fresh state, still a little funk, but given the 26 year mark, I’ll can define it now as ‘character’. The palate never faltered and fresh from the opening bell, this was a remarkable specimen of fresh squeezed citrus fruit over white flowers, a slight honeyed edge and a very strong lanolin quality in both taste and texture that surely has been a direct result of aging gracefully. I may keep a bottle or five from select vintages that I have in the cellar (07 to 19) to age out to the 20 year mark, but truth be told, I love em young. Still what a testament to a great aged Sec wine.

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