Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Clos Bourg Sec

This wine is clearly a couple of years past its peak. Golden hue and slightly lacking in freshness on the nose. Still an enjoyable bottle of wine though. Savory qualities to go with guava fruit. aromatics are fresher than the hue. nice texture, clean finish. Will try some younger vintages

2011 vintage

Fantastic and fully in the zone. Lime juice, quince, and fresh ginger. With a little air, the fruit and richness come out, and I swear this starts to smell and taste like a lime margarita especially on the puckering finish. This is off dry enough that I can't imagine wanting the Demi-sec for a dinner wine. Deep, long, layered, vigorous, oh my!

2011 vintage

Lovely aged Chenin, my last of 4 bottles. Had a bottle about 6 yrs ago. No formal tasting note today, enjoyed with linguine and clams at the beach. Drink through 2028+.

2011 vintage

Middag og noen Bordeaux 80-tall : Blind. Sødme og godteri på nese, glatt i munnen, noe fat, moderat syre. Velbalansert og fin.

2011 vintage

Kjøttfull frukt av fersken, aprikos og tropisk frukt, god hint av honning, fat og litt petroleum. Hint av syrlig frukt med en fin balansert sødme. Nydelig vin i glasset og stod godt til pepperoni pizza.

2011 vintage

Erik's. Medium gold, nose of apple sauce, persimmon and light petrol. On the palate, a bit sweet for a Sec but overall a good showing.

2011 vintage

Kjøttfull frukt av fersken og aprikos, fat og litt petroleum. Fin balanse mellom syre og sødme. God i glasset og til litt kraftfull krydret mat.

2011 vintage

This has come a long way from the bottle tasted in 2017. Less flamboyant and waxy. Color remains golden yet the nose is more geared toward ripe stone fruit. Grape skin. Palate is together and on the maturity plateau. Nicely intense, it ever so slightly tickles the tongue. Yellow plum fruit with excellent acidity. This is lovely and should remain so for years. (92)

2011 vintage

Appearance: medium gold, some copper highlights at the edges, medium tearing, no gas nor sediment. Nose: clean, pronounced intensity, developing, golden apple, preserved lemon, quince, chamomile, honey, wool, white flowers, beeswax, dried persimmon. Palate: dry, high acid, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium+ body, medium+ intensity, long finish, golden apple, preserved lemon, quince, chamomile, honey, wool, white flowers, beeswax, dried persimmon.

2011 vintage

Holding beautiful with plenty of honeycomb, flowers, wool and wax. Sharp of the palate with piercing citrus fruit and good weight. Just a touch of sharp acids.

2011 vintage

This second and last bottle of mine was clearly better than the first. Just perfectly integrated, sinewey and almost fat, harmony all the way. Aromas of wet dog, baked citrus and honey. In the mouth there's also a slightly more bitter element towards the end of the curve that might be called 'bonfire'. It does not detract from the total impression, in fact. Rather the opposite. A very satisfying wine.

2011 vintage

First bottle of Huet sec for me, and it lives up to all the hype. Opened and poured out some almost immediately for a drink before dinner, then more with dinner (Szechuan pork noodles) and a little kept until the next day. Outstanding at all points. Has a slightly heavier feeling in the mouth than other chenin blancs but not unpleasant. My first impression was sweetness but then decided it was mainly fruit. The sweetness is there but subtle. Consumed …

2011 vintage

So I’ve decided that the sec Huets are probably best 3-6 years. At 9 years, however, this was a good bottle without the oxidation I often find in older whites. A slight hay tint to the wine, the nose is clean with upfront lemon and cinnamon notes. Round, oaky-Chardonnay like and grass notes with a very lemony finish that lingers. Blind may have been pegged as a Cali- Char and not Loire Chenin. Drink now/

2011 vintage

I used to take Rimmerman’s ideas On aging but, particularly with dry whites like these Huet’s and the Boulay’s, Champagne and even Chardonnay based whites from France or elsewhere, it doesn’t work for me. They just end up being oxidative messes. This wine was showing hints of oxidation behind lime, ash and crushed granite notes. I think it would have been better in its relative youth and I’ve moved drinking windows for the sec whites to just a few years.

2011 vintage

13.5% - Clear, med to deep straw / clean, med+ intensity - pear & pear eau-de-vie (no unpleasant heat though), dried ginger, white flower, creamy with a mineral edge / dry, med to high acidity, med to full body with a classy creamy texture, med+ intensity, long finish. After looking at my last note two years ago, this is quite in line as it remains elegant and with a certain finesse and balance. 92(+)

2011 vintage

Bottle #3 of 4. This is a Sec bottling, so ~6g/L residual sugar in this bottling, weighing in at 13.5% abv. No oak, no malolactic fermentation. Honeysuckle, peach, lanolin, and wet stones on the nose and palate. Quite searing acidity to balance out the mild sweetness, leaving a beautifully energetic and lingering finish. Drink now through 2022+.

2011 vintage

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2011 vintage

The nose had a slight oxidative quality that might have deterred me in the past, but a recent good run of Lopez Heredia reds have me re-thinking my opinion on this specific trait. The palate was fresh as a daisy - so this wasn’t any type of weird pre-mox or other flaws kicking, but Chenin doing its aged Chenin thing which can be a funky ride sometimes. Fresh quince and ginger augment some citrus juices, a terrific dry mineral finish. …

2011 vintage

La robe du vin est or étincellant. Il dégage un bouquet évoquant la cire d'abeille, la poire pochée, le silex, avec une pointe exotique style melon. La bouche est intense, envoutante, légèrement évolué avec la noix de Grenoble qui ressort, allié à un fruit waxé et légèrement confit, le milieu de bouche s'étire en pallier sur de fins amers.. se dirigeant sur une longe finale miellé, à la fois salivante, pure et net. Prêt à boire!

2011 vintage

Fullbodied, creamy andconcentrated. Pleasant sweetness and beautiful juiciness. Rich, long and with a very long taste. Charmer, but with a green note.

2011 vintage

Vin relativement fermé au départ. Des notes de fruits jaunes avec une petite sucrosité en finale qui apporte une belle rondeur à l'ensemble. Belle longueur. 90 sur 100.

2011 vintage

1ère de 3 bouteilles. La robe est de couleur or étincelant. Il émane un parfum de poires dans le sirop, de miel, de pomme pochée, de silex et de cire d'abeille. La bouche est enveloppante et sensuelle, de corps moyen(+), l'acidité est de moyenne intensité et on perçoit une jolie fraicheur malgré la rondeur. Il s'étire sur une très longue finale complexe qui s'étire en paliers... Excellent Vouvray, parfaitement à point. Payé 34$ CAD il y a quelques années, le …

2011 vintage

Meget god til helstekt kalkunfilet.

2011 vintage

Oxidized apples, honeysuckle and herbs. Lemon zest. Med+ body, towards off-dry, med+ acidity. The oxidized note on the nose is not on the palate, fine fresh acidity and floral/herbal notes. Honey, touch oak in med+ long finish. Perfect match with halibut and herb sauce with butter.

2011 vintage

Flacid and insipid, even though it should still be solidly in its drinking window

2011 vintage

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