Community Tasting Note

JeffGMorris wrote:

Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Dinner at St. Jacques. Medium gold in color. one of the few signs of this wine's age. This being our first bottle opened of this particular wine I made the mistake of opening it to enjoy with dinner based on the '71 Huet Demi Sec and the '71 Baumard Quarts de Chaume, wines that would indicate that '71 was a great vintage in the Loire but not one of extreme sweetness. Given this I thought a 1ere Trie would have lost enough sweetness at age 36 to be a great match with a dinner of rich French food ( Onion soup, Ravioli Whittington stuffed with veal and foie gras, Duck a l'Orange ). Upon the first sip I was struck by 2 things - this is a great bottle and I made a mistake and opened a wine that is still very sweet. Being troopers we "suffered" through the poor match and judged the food and wine on their own merits tonight instead of on their pairing. Good nose but the palate is where this wine really explodes. Sweet but with good acidity, the sweetness dominating some for now as previously noted. Over the 2+ hours of dinner and with a bit of cooling in an ice bath the sweetness subsided some. One of those rare wines where you feel compelled by it's power yet it has a delicate nature to it as well. The fruit almost floats on the palate, a sensation I love in the finest wines of this ilk. While there is clearly complexity to this wine it also seems like it is still on the upward trajectory and will get even better with more aging. I plan to drinkt he rest of our Demi Secs while letting this age more. 50+12+13+8.5+8.5 = 92+ I can't believe I'm giving a "+" indicating probable future upward potential to a wine of this age. These Huets are truly timeless!

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