Domaine Huet Le Haut-Lieu Sec 2013
91+/100 PP
"The straw-yellow colored 2013 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec shows a deep and quite intense and concentrated bouquet of roasted apples, ripe pears and peaches along with initially slightly yeasty, then chalky and lemon-fresh flavors. Medium-bodied but concentrated and full-flavored on the palate, with an intense and slightly sweet fruit counterpointed by the pronounced, not yet fully integrated 2013-acidity cutting through the chalky texture, this is an impressively good representative from a difficult vintage. Very compact and aromatic in the still slightly austere finish, this wine is still on its long way and should be stored for another 6-7 years, but can go for about 25+ years. In its steely and concentrated character, Le Haut-Lieu reminds me a little bit of first class Chablis.
The Domaine Huet in Vouvray is one of the few world class producers in the Loire Valley. Its reputation was built by 1910-born Gaston Huet and the Le Haut Lieu, a top single vineyard site that was bought by his parents in 1928 with three hectares under vines, all Chenin Blanc."
(Stephan Reinhardt, erobertparker.com)
"This estate covers 9 hectares, with very deep clayey limestone soil, predominantly brown clay. This rather heavy soil generally produces supple wines."
(Domaine Huet)
"The straw-yellow colored 2013 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec shows a deep and quite intense and concentrated bouquet of roasted apples, ripe pears and peaches along with initially slightly yeasty, then chalky and lemon-fresh flavors. Medium-bodied but concentrated and full-flavored on the palate, with an intense and slightly sweet fruit counterpointed by the pronounced, not yet fully integrated 2013-acidity cutting through the chalky texture, this is an impressively good representative from a difficult vintage. Very compact and aromatic in the still slightly austere finish, this wine is still on its long way and should be stored for another 6-7 years, but can go for about 25+ years. In its steely and concentrated character, Le Haut-Lieu reminds me a little bit of first class Chablis.
The Domaine Huet in Vouvray is one of the few world class producers in the Loire Valley. Its reputation was built by 1910-born Gaston Huet and the Le Haut Lieu, a top single vineyard site that was bought by his parents in 1928 with three hectares under vines, all Chenin Blanc."
(Stephan Reinhardt, erobertparker.com)
"This estate covers 9 hectares, with very deep clayey limestone soil, predominantly brown clay. This rather heavy soil generally produces supple wines."
(Domaine Huet)
| Anbauregion: | Loire Vouvray, Loire |
| Flaschengröße: | 75 cl - Bouteille, Normalflasche |
| Jahrgang: | 2013 |
| Klassifikation: | AOC Vouvray |
| Typ: | Weißwein Weißwein trocken |
| Land: | Frankreich |
| Weingut: | Domaine Huet |
| Lage: | Le Haut-Lieu |
| Rebsorte: | Chenin Blanc |
| Ausbau: | in Barriques (225 l), Fudern (600 l) und/oder Bottichen (3.000 l). Spontanvergoren mit kellereigenen Hefen. Kein BSA. |
| Anbau: | biodynamisch |
| Ertrag: | 33 hl/ha |
| Rebfläche: | 9 ha |
| Durchschnittliches Rebenalter: | 25 Jahre |
| Durchschnittliche Jahresproduktion: | 21.000 Flaschen |
| Boden: | Schwerer, brauner Ton mit Kalk und Kieseln auf der Oberfläche, tief Kalkstein (Tuffstein) als Unterlage |
| Alkoholgehalt: | 12,0 % vol |
| Trinkempfehlung ab: | jetzt |
| Trinkempfehlung bis: | 2040 |
| Trinktemperatur: | 12-14 °C |
| Bewertung robertparker.com: | 91+ /100 |
| Bewertung Daniel Nussbaum: | 91+ /100 |
| Bewertung Jahrgang: | ***-****/***** |
| Bio-Codenummer: | FR-BIO-01 |
| Abgefüllt von: | Domaine Huet, 11 rue de la Croix Buisée, 37210 Vouvray, Frankreich |