2019 Domaine Huet Vouvray ?Le Mont? Sec

2019 Domaine Huet Vouvray ‘Le Mont’ Sec

2019 Domaine Huet Vouvray ‘Le Mont’ Sec The 2019 Sec Le Mont is precise and beautifully cut. A wine of laser-like focus, Le Mont dazzles with its purity. Citrus peel and floral accents are nicely lifted, but it is the wine’s energy that impresses most. Le Mont is a subtle wine that speaks softly, but what it has to say is priceless.’ Vinous

‘Complex and pure, with just enough ripeness to balance the bracing minerality and acidity. Quite expressive and muscular, with a core of persimmon, kumquat and spice notes allied to a racy spine that lengthens the long, pure finish, where blanched almond notes emerge. Built to age.’ Wine Spectator

‘Again, Huet’s 2019 Vouvray Le Mont Sec reflects the unique, south-facing nine-hectare vineyard with its pebbly flint (silex) and green clay soils wonderfully! Pure, fresh and flinty on the deep, intense yet also floral and herbal nose that represents a concentrated and firm white stone fruit aroma with lemon and grapefruit notes as well as fennel, anise and cumin hints. The bouquet gets darker and stonier with a lot of aeration (during days, to be honest). The leitmotif, though, remains the characteristic mix of aromatic fruit aromas with flint stone and volcanic basalt tones that, at this early stage and poured straight from the bottle, remind me of the Rieslings from Forst, Pfalz (Germany). In any case, this is like perfume on rocky stones! On the palate, Le Mont Sec is a rich, lush and round, very concentrated yet silky textured, elegant, vital and tightly structured 2019 with a powerful, intense and long finish.’ Parker’s Wine Advocate

Today I bring you something that’s out of the box to most of you that when done well makes some of the finest white wine on the planet. The grape is Chenin Blanc and the region is Vouvray in the Loire. The finest Chenin Blanc’s are made here and dare I say South Africa. The house is Domaine Huet which is famous for this grape making some of the finest age-able dessert wines one can have. Today I bring their example of a dry Chenin that stylistically reminds of a great Condrieu from the Northern Rhone, top flight white Burgundy or great dry German Riesling. The wine has great complexity, layering and length, performs superbly in the cellar actually needs some time to truly show and that’s what I have for you today the 2019 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Mont. The wine received 94pts by Parker’s Wine Advocate; Vinous and Wine Spectator and we have a great price on the wine which is a fraction of the price of quality wines from the regions I previously mentioned. Superbly rich, glorious fruit, a spectacular bouquet and the complexity and depth only found in the finest whites. Waken up your senses and give this a try!