Huet | Loire | Le Mont Moelleux 1ère Trie | 2022 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Huet Le Mont Moelleux 1ère Trie 2022 (bio)

Sebastian Bordthäuser: On the palate, Le Mont Moelleux 1èr Trie is dense, with high viscosity and great complexity. With candied fruit, raisins, dried figs, and apple rings, the fruit seems to be in the foreground. The acidity is ripe, lively, and of the finest structure, operating like a computer program in the background. The tannins equip it with everything it needs for a long life. With firm pressure on the palate, it has a fresh drinking pull and immense tension that accompanies it into the ambrosial finish with an epic aftertaste. This is one of the wines that established the worldwide reputation of the great, noble-sweet Vouvrays.

Wine Information

Le Mont lies above the tuff caves and east of the Huet vineyard on the first plateau of Vouvray, the so-called Première Côte, and faces south. It was first mentioned in the 15th century and has been highly valued ever since. Like the other two vineyards, Le Mont, with its nine hectares, is solely owned by the Huet estate and was acquired by Gaston Huet in 1957 as the last of the three vineyards. It is characterized by a topsoil several meters deep, consisting of a pebbly, sometimes fist-sized flint, known locally as perron, in deep green clay. The base is the usual Turonian tuff limestone. The 2022 harvest began on September 8 (the second earliest in the winery’s history) and ended six weeks later (the harvesters have never harvested for so long – this year there were 24). Since heat waves and drought led to very heterogeneous ripening grapes, all varieties of Chenin Blanc could be produced, from the base wine for Pétillants to the first Trie. As usual, the grapes were meticulously sorted, pressed, and spontaneously fermented during the many harvests. Malolactic fermentation occurred only in exceptional cases and in individual barrels. The wine was aged in used demi-muids. The Le Mont Moelleux “Première Trie” is a residually sweet wine, in which the first grapes affected by botrytis were used. Residual sweetness in this case means 100 g/l.

Colour

intense golden yellow

Nose

The Le Mont Moelleux »Première Trie« 2022 appears fine and elegant, almost delicate. I have rarely experienced a Première Trie from this vineyard so fragrant and floating. What is truly fascinating is that beneath this delicate side, with the addition of air, the darker, spicy, stony side also reveals itself, and the wine becomes deeper and more intense by the minute. It opens with notes of broom and jasmine, apple blossoms, ash, and rock. Then, fresh and mellow stone fruit with peel, as well as grapefruit and kumquats with zest, appear. Finally, one finds aspects of nuts, tobacco, herbs, and rock.

Palate

On the palate, the Le Mont Moelleux »Première Trie« is full and intense, with firm, sweet, and tart fruit. In some vintages, this wine seems like a dessert course in its own right. Not so in 2022. Everything is tightly interwoven, spicy, juicy, and smoky, but not heavy. While the wine lacks punchy acidity, it does have a sparkling minerality. It’s a Vouvray that already seems extremely harmonious, but will continue to evolve over the decades.

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