Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 2005 750ml

The Huet 2005 Vouvray Sec Le Mont leads with quince, tangerine zest, and orange blossom, comes to the palate with great delicacy, refinement and polished texture, and displays a refreshing, shimmering interchange of orchard and citrus fruit with saline, chalky, smoky, stony minerality in its long, billowing finish. Relish this beauty – which Pinguet avows will be considerably more interesting in two years – any time over the next decade!

• Country: France
• Region: Loire Valley
• Appellation: Vouvray/Touraine
• Size: 750ml
• Color: White
• Alcohol by Vol: 15.0%

Varietal

Chenin Blanc

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.