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Vouvray Moelleux "Le Haut Lieu" , Domaine Huet 2018

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WS: A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples lengthily through the finish, while light verbena, ginger and honeysuckle notes dart around. A long green tea echo runs through the finish. Shows terrific range and purity, with the sweetness easily harnessed for balance. 

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ColourWhite
Vintage2018
Volume75cl
CountryFrance
RegionLoire Valley
AppelationVouvray
Main grape varietyChenin Blanc
Pairingsdessert, foie gras, blue cheese
Notesstone fruit and very fine raisin aromas intertwined with yeasty notes
RatingWS93

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Moelleux (sweet)

Applies to sweet wines which contain less natural residual sugar than sticky wines. This French term can also be used to describe a dry wine whose fat dominates its acidity.

CLIMATE
Warm and temperate
SOIL COMPOSITION
Stony, green clay, flint stone, clay-limestone, siliceous
VINEYARD
30 ha
AGRICULTURE
Biodynamic culture/ Manual harvest
PRODUCTION VOLUME
120000
VARIETIES GROWN
Chenin Blanc 
AGE OF VINES
35 years
BEHIND THE WINES
The Hwang Family and Jean-Bernard Berthomé

History

Domaine Huet founded in 1928 by Victor Huet and his son Gaston today has thirty hectares of Chenin planted on three plots: Haut-Lieu, Mont and Clos du Bourg. The estate was one of the precursors of the biodynamic culture in the French vineyard. This method of cultivation which respects the soil, the plant and the environment, allows to develop the character of our wines and top reserve the authenticity of the soils

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Vouvray Moelleux "Le Haut Lieu" , Domaine Huet 2018

Vouvray Moelleux "Le Haut Lieu" , Domaine Huet 2018

WS: A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples lengthily through the finish, while light verbena, ginger and honeysuckle notes dart around. A long green tea echo runs through the finish. Shows terrific range and purity, with the sweetness easily harnessed for balance. 

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