April 10, 2024 - French >$150 theme: My contribution. Surprisingly light golden in colour, especially compared to ‘00/early ‘10s wines which have been horribly corked / oxidised. Some guessed Bordeaux sweet but thought that given the light colour vis-à-vis the stage of development on the palate it could only have been a Chenin. Good freshness to the fruit with honey, pear and orange zest notes; age had moderated the sweetness. Can see why old Huet sweets can be indestructible.
February 28, 2024 - Light gold in color. A complex nose shows quince paste, waxy fruits, orange zest, yellow florals and lanolin. A very balanced palate shows candied quince and apples, chamomile honey, medium+ acidity on a long off-dry finish. Not bad at all for a 38 year old Moelleux and a testament to the age-ability of Huet's chenin blancs.
August 18, 2023 - Pomelo, ginger, hints of musk melon. Still v alive, perhaps less acidity than expected though.
November 7, 2021 - Gorgeous ripe fruits aroma - oriental melon, apricot, peach AND sweet ginger.
Nearly perfect, but it needed more acidity.
May 13, 2021 - Excellent nose of apple cyder with flowers, quince and honey and caramel. On the palate the wine is racy with sharp Chenin acidity balancing the sweetness. This is really great, not too sweet, more like a great German Spaetlese than a Sauternes. 96+
July 16, 2020 - 2 hours bottle decanting. Nose of apple, peach, apricot, ginger and a little cream. Low sugar and soft acidity on the persistant palate. Not like a 85 but evern younger.
Third round from bottle, nose sunddenly became fine with pear and sweet melon of sake. Palate also integrated well. Nice.
May 20, 2020 - A great producer from loire and his wines are capable to age almost forever. This was a sad case coz moderately corked. I’m very sensitive to it and can’t get away from it once I detected. Palate was holding up though, with nice depth of fruits and great acidity and some spicy complexity, very savoury. Just loosen some tension and with short finish. Some of my friends were kind enough to say this is stil very much drinkable but I felt sorry.
May 18, 2019 - Clearly more complex than the 2009.but still too sweet for our taste
September 9, 2018 - This was great (92-93?) upon opening and fantastic after about 2 hours.
April 7, 2018 - Dinner with the Davids (Home): Drinking beautifully. Very precise nose of lemon, wool, and honeysuckle. Palate was super fresh - hard to believe it was 33 years old - so balanced, with beeswax, honeysuckle, nectarine, quince, and lanolin, paired with vibrant acidity and a lovely viscous texture. Comes across more as demi-sec than moelleux, and while we had it with dessert, it seems very versatile and could go with many things well. Shows no signs of being over the hill at all.