Domaine Huet - Vouvray Moelleux Haut Lieu 2020 (750ml)
Price: $54.00
Sale Price: $40.50
| Producer | Domaine Huet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1470510 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 96 Points
It might be delicate but the 2020 Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is also rather succulent coating the mouth with its sweet embrace. A combination of white flowers and nectarine creates an appealing perfume. There's a sense of energy that runs through the wine providing a sense of direction and purpose. The core of sweetness (50–60g/L) doesn't tip over into lushness but is held together by its acidity and structure. -- Rebecca Gibb MW
John Gilman: 96 Points
Domaine Huët’s 2020 Moelleux bottling from the Le Haut Lieu vineyard is an absolutely stunning wine in the making. The bouquet is deep pure and very very precise (recalling the 1989 version when it was young!) soaring from the glass in a complex blend of sweet quince fresh pineapple a bit of tangerine a gorgeous base of chalky soil tones honeycomb bee pollen citrus peel and a topnote of white lilies. On the palate the wine is bright full-bodied and complex with a stunning core of fruit great mineral drive a superb girdle of a
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
This round white showcases a creamy alluring texture with lovely layers of quince glazed pear elderflower and honeysuckle notes detailed with heather ginger and marzipan accents. Offers great length and harmony. Drink now through 2036. 1000 cases made. ? GS
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The 2020 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is clear pure fresh and concentrated on the lemon and pineapple-scented nose. You wouldn?t guess this is sweet from the nose as the bouquet is precise and fresh. Round and mellow but also refined and elegant on the palate with a stimulating mineral freshness and lingering salinity and piquancy this is a gorgeous very delicate and perfectly balanced Vouvray to drink even young but as experience tells me this Chenin Blanc from the now 15-hectare Ur vineyard of Domaine Huet can also be aged for decades even if the wine is not really dramatic in all its pristine beauty. Tasted as final sample in May 2021.
