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Vouvray Demi Sec Le Haut Lieu 2016

Vouvray / Domaine Huet

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Tasting Notes

More lively and balanced than 2018. Fleshy peach and apricot throughout, with notes of pepper and fennel, and tingly thrilling acidity. 18 grams per liter residual sugar.

Score: 89

, Vinous.com Maturity: 2020-2031 01 January 2020

Dressed in a golden-yellow robe and bottled with 18 grams of residual sugar, Huet's 2016 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec offers a clear and aromatic bouquet of crushed chalk and ripe, tropical fruit aromas. Round, piquant and salty on the palate, with a delicate juiciness and stimulating mineral grip, this is a promising and tensioned Chenin Blanc that delivers more drama and piquancy to the palate than the Sec counterpart. Although it's already lovely to drink, I would keep it at least for five years. The 2016 is lovely, pure, straight and elegant. Tasted February 2018.

Score: 91

Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2023 - 2045 28 February 2018

This delivers a beautiful display of purity and grace, with creamed Jonagold apple, star fruit, white peach and chamomile notes flowing seamlessly, backed by wet stone and fresh verbena accents. Subtle but persistent energy ripples through the very long finish. Drink now through 2035.

Score: 96

Winespectator.com, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2017-2035 01 June 2017