Huet | Loire | Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1ère Trie | 2020 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Huet Clos du Bourg Moelleux 1ère Trie 2020 (bio)

Wine Information

The Clos du Bourg is located above the church of Vouvray and comprises six hectares of vineyards surrounded by an old stone wall – hence the name “Clos.” It is one of the oldest Grand Cru parcels in France. It was first mentioned in the 7th century. The vineyard’s shallow soil consists of clay with flint and chalk inclusions. It is located on a typical Turonian tuffeau limestone cliff. Here, the vines reach the tuff after only one meter. The 2020 harvest took place between September 7 (the earliest date in the winery’s history) and September 25. As the vintage was characterized by strong sunshine and warmth, the wines produced were primarily sweet. As usual, the grapes were meticulously sorted, pressed, and fermented spontaneously. Malolactic fermentation occurred only in exceptional cases and in individual barrels. The wine was aged in used demi-muids. The Clos du Bourg Moelleux »Première Trie« is a residually sweet wine, made from the first grapes affected by botrytis. Residual sweetness in this case means 93 g/l.

Color

: Light golden yellow with coppery reflections.

Nose

The Clos du Bourg Moelleux »Première Trie« is a wine of lush ripeness, yet precise and refined. Its aromas are reminiscent of a large basket of ripe stone fruits: freshly sliced mirabelle plums, apricots, and peaches, candied and dried fruit, apple peels, and tobacco, a touch of preserved green pineapple chutney, smoke, and rock. Added to this are a few kumquats and a hint of tarte tatin.

Palate

This complex interplay of aromas in the bouquet demands a first sip. Once you have it on your tongue, the joy of this wine becomes even greater. The Clos du Bourg Moelleux »Première Trie« , at 93 grams, has the sweetest of the three »Première Trie, but at the same time also the deepest minerality and the greatest depth. It is a great wine, still in its infancy, but already elegant and seductive, zesty in its aromas of citrus peel, salty with notes of stone and a touch of botrytis, juicy in its white and yellow-fleshed, multi-layered fruit of peaches, quinces, papayas, yellow plums, oranges, and melons.

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