2022 Domaine Huet Haut-Lieu Vouvray Sec

Domaine Huet’s Le Haut-Lieu Vouvray Sec is a wine of singular achievement—full-figured yet crystalline in its golden apple fruit, powerful but unpretentious—a wine with a price tag that would triple if it hailed from Burgundy. Sotheby’s has called Huet “the benchmark for [Chenin Blanc’s] potential.” It’s near-immortal in the cellar, loveable, and exceptional in every way. 

Since its founding in 1928, Domaine Huet has become Vouvray’s most iconic estate, and one of the most celebrated Chenin Blanc producers in the world. Their three parcels (Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont, and Clos du Bourg) compose most of Vouvray’s première côte. They were an early adopter of biodynamic farming and stand as a model for small producers around the world. In short, the Domaine Huet wines are legendary.

The key here is an essential sensory experience that defines Domaine Huet in general, and Le Haut-Lieu Sec in particular. Within them lies a deep, endlessly fascinating contradiction. On one hand, Huet stands at the pinnacle of refinement, a sparkling jewel in the Loire crown. The wine has an exotic, restrained bouquet, a perfectly laced fruit-earth profile, voluptuous yet dry, and an unparalleled textural precision, by turns waxy and racy, curvy and lean. 

At its heart, this is an intimate wine, a wine of wholesome generosity, and one of our favorites. Chenin Blanc rarely gets better than this. You’ll thank yourself on that winter night as you pour it alongside your seared scallops finished in porcini cream.

• Fruit Intensity
• Oak Intensity
• Body
• Sweetness
• Acidity

• ABV 13.00%
• 30 mins
• Now – 2040
• % Chenin Blanc
• Serving temperature – 48°
• Cork