Always a banger, always something to keep in my cellar. I can never have enough Huet. What are your thoughts/notes?
sid_loves_wine
My first experience with this legendary domaine. I’ve had some great experiences with Chenin, especially from South Africa TBH, But I feel I haven’t explored the grape nearly as much as I should have by this point. I wanted to start with the entry level, technically dry version by one of the most important Chenin producers out there. $35, popped and poured alongside charcuterie with some good friends and their incredible porch view of the Puget Sound and Olympic mountains.
We all thought this was absolutely gorgeous, especially for under $40. There’s a slight sense of richness and just barely oxidative winemaking (?) with a powerful note of golden and green apples first on the nose, an extremely faint honey drizzle, and something vaguely like graham crackers. Aromatic and perfumed even at this incredibly early stage, even if the primary orchard fruit is 90% of the experience.
This was one of those wines where the palate was even more engaging than the nose, really seriously precise acidity, extremely refreshing and crisp but with absolutely zero pucker or sourness. Like it was at the perfect level to support the apple crumble and deep golden lemon bar kind of fruit. If I had this blind, I might have guessed it was a really really really ripe but well made white burgundy, but even with my limited experience I might have guessed Chenin. It has that honeyed waxy quality and powdery texture that never feels sweet, just velvety, if that makes sense.
No-Roof-1628
Nice—had the Le Mont Sec as a birth year wine (1993) and was blown away. The wine absolutely held up and had so much complexity and richness.
A few weeks ago, I had the 2018 Demi-Sec Le Haut-Lieu and was again completely taken with it. Perfect amount of sweetness—I paired it with a Thai coconut chicken that I added some cayenne pepper to. The sweet-spicy contrast made for one of the best pairings in recent memory.
It’s amazing that these wines are so good for the price point. People sleep on Chenin, but in a sense, I can’t be too mad at that because it means you can get phenomenal stuff like this for under $50/bottle.
LongroddMcHugendong
One of my favorite wines
Yoshimadashi
What a coincidence seeing this on my feed! I was offered some Huet 1er Trie Moelleux Le Haut Lieu and Clos du Bourg yesterday and decided to snag some for science. Great notes, only makes me more excited to try them when they come in.
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Always a banger, always something to keep in my cellar. I can never have enough Huet. What are your thoughts/notes?
My first experience with this legendary domaine. I’ve had some great experiences with Chenin, especially from South Africa TBH, But I feel I haven’t explored the grape nearly as much as I should have by this point. I wanted to start with the entry level, technically dry version by one of the most important Chenin producers out there. $35, popped and poured alongside charcuterie with some good friends and their incredible porch view of the Puget Sound and Olympic mountains.
We all thought this was absolutely gorgeous, especially for under $40. There’s a slight sense of richness and just barely oxidative winemaking (?) with a powerful note of golden and green apples first on the nose, an extremely faint honey drizzle, and something vaguely like graham crackers. Aromatic and perfumed even at this incredibly early stage, even if the primary orchard fruit is 90% of the experience.
This was one of those wines where the palate was even more engaging than the nose, really seriously precise acidity, extremely refreshing and crisp but with absolutely zero pucker or sourness. Like it was at the perfect level to support the apple crumble and deep golden lemon bar kind of fruit. If I had this blind, I might have guessed it was a really really really ripe but well made white burgundy, but even with my limited experience I might have guessed Chenin. It has that honeyed waxy quality and powdery texture that never feels sweet, just velvety, if that makes sense.
Nice—had the Le Mont Sec as a birth year wine (1993) and was blown away. The wine absolutely held up and had so much complexity and richness.
A few weeks ago, I had the 2018 Demi-Sec Le Haut-Lieu and was again completely taken with it. Perfect amount of sweetness—I paired it with a Thai coconut chicken that I added some cayenne pepper to. The sweet-spicy contrast made for one of the best pairings in recent memory.
It’s amazing that these wines are so good for the price point. People sleep on Chenin, but in a sense, I can’t be too mad at that because it means you can get phenomenal stuff like this for under $50/bottle.
One of my favorite wines
What a coincidence seeing this on my feed! I was offered some Huet 1er Trie Moelleux Le Haut Lieu and Clos du Bourg yesterday and decided to snag some for science. Great notes, only makes me more excited to try them when they come in.