Community Tasting Note

acyso wrote:

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - This had one of the most disgusting corks I had ever seen -- there had been a slight bit of seepage and a layer of gelatinous black mold that smelled like mildew had made a very comfortable home there. A few more years and it probably would have tried to kill Tasha Yar. Fortunately the cork itself was sound enough and despite dropping into the bottle when Anyway, the colour of this is burnished and golden; plenty of botrytis in the form of spice, marmalade, and apricots, but this has an intense chenin character as well, showing mushrooms from the age and a significant amount of wooly funk. The palate seems sweet and probably was properly so a few decades ago, but the sweetness has since retreated. The botrytis on this is reminiscent of a semi-dry version of the Yquem grand vin, but with the wooly chenin character emerging prominently on the palate. On the other hand, I can't help but think the rot is slightly dirty given the intense mushroom notes here. Nonetheless, amply delicious and another in a long line of wines testament to the incredible ageability of Huet.

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