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The soil is a deep brown chalky clay known locally as aubuis, with the tuffeau limestone bedrock lying as much as four metres down; that depth gives rounder, suppler wine than the shallow-soiled Clos du Bourg or Le Mont. In practice it is the first of the three cuvées to be ready, though bottles from the 1940s still show well, so early drinking should not be mistaken for a short life. Huet's dry Vouvrays carry between 4 and 8 g\/L of residual sugar depending on the year, which reads as texture rather than sweetness against the Chenin acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood on release and better still after five to ten years; serve with seafood, roast pork or a chicken and tarragon dish, at 10-12°C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Domaine Huet, founded at Vouvray in 1928, works three sites, of which the six-hectare Clos du Bourg on the plateau above the town is the most consistently generous. Its enclosing walls hold a more humid microclimate, so this is the vineyard that most often gives fruit affected by botrytis or by passerillage, the shrivelling of grapes left on the vine. The moelleux is made only when the season allows it. This bottling finished at 56 grams per litre of residual sugar, carried by the smoky, saline cut and the tension in the finish that the Clos is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady now but capable of decades in bottle, and the firm acidity points to savoury matches rather than dessert. Serve at 8-10°C with slow-cooked lamb, a mild curry or well-matured Comté.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Its argilo-siliceux soils — stony ground with green mineral clays and flint over limestone — carry less clay, and a different clay, than the estate’s Le Haut-Lieu, and the result is the tightest and most mineral wine in the Huet range. For that reason Le Mont is usually given over to dry and off-dry bottlings, and a moelleux is made only when the season delivers fruit concentrated by botrytis or by passerillage on the vine. When it does appear, the sweetness sits on the firm acid spine and pungent stony grip that the vineyard is known for, rather than smothering it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinkable on release and capable of ageing for decades. Serve at 8-10°C with foie gras, a fruit tart or a wedge of blue cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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It lies on the Première Côte, the bank of limestone-rich hillside above Tours, and its argilo-siliceux soils — stony, with green mineral clay and flint over limestone — give the tight structure and stony grip Le Mont is known for. With less clay and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, the site produces the nerviest wines of the estate, so it is used mainly for dry and off-dry cuvées. Huet’s demi-secs generally finish between 18 and 25 grams per litre of residual sugar, but the acidity is such that they read as barely off-dry, precise and clear-cut yet welcoming at the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine to open now and steady in bottle for twenty years or more. Serve at 10-12°C with Thai or Vietnamese dishes, roast pork belly or a mild washed-rind cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Huet purchased the steep, rocky eight-hectare vineyard in 1957. It lies on Vouvray's esteemed Première Côte, part of a bank of limestone-rich hillside overlooking Tours, and its argilo-siliceux soils — stony, with green mineral clays and flint over limestone — provide the tight structure and pungent minerality the site is known for. With less clay, and a different type of clay, than Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont typically produces the nerviest wines in the Huet stable, so the parcel is given over mainly to dry and off-dry styles. Huet's secs carry between four and eight grams per litre of residual sugar depending on the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePent-up and mineral when young, it rewards five to fifteen years and the best examples go much further. Serve at 10 to 12°C with oysters, scallops or roast pork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Clos du Bourg is perched on the Première Côte directly above the town and is farmed exclusively by Huet, who took it on in 1953 and purchased it a decade later. Of the domaine's three sites it is generally held to be the greatest, and among the most serious white-wine vineyards in France. With only a metre of soil above the rock, the vines reach the limestone almost at once, and the combination of a warm, sheltered exposure with that mineral base produces wines that are both concentrated and extremely long-lived — powerful without losing the cut that defines dry Vouvray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTightly wound on release; give it three or four years, and expect it to run far longer. Serve at 10-12°C with roast pork, grilled fish or a mature goat's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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François Chidaine works a series of clay sites — argiles means clay — surrounding the Clos Baudoin, among them l'Espagnole, la Chatterie, l'Homme, la Reugnières and le Haut-Lieu, the last of these better known through Huet. Set back from the river, these parcels are largely planted to 40-year-old bush vines on deep chalky clay over limestone subsoil. The combination is deliberate: the clay gives density and generosity of fruit, the limestone the vertical, spicy energy that runs underneath. Winemaking is old-school and precise, with hand harvesting and long, unhurried élevage, and the wine is finished dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt can be drunk now with air but will gain from five to ten years; serve at 10–12°C with roast pork, poultry in cream or a mature goat's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Clos du Breuil slopes towards the Loire from one of the highest points in the appellation, a short distance from Clos Habert. The soil is clay and coarse flint over limestone subsoil, the combination locals call les Perruches. Chidaine's vines here average 50 years of age and reach up to 90 years. The fruit is hand harvested with several passes through the vineyard, then fermented naturally in 620-litre demi-muids where it stays for up to eleven months. The wine is dry, and the site's characteristic smokiness comes through the textured orchard fruit and tangy acidity that the long, gentle élevage preserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable on release and worth cellaring five to eight years, it suits grilled fish, roast pork and washed-rind cheese; serve at 10–12°C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Le Haut Lieu is the estate's home site, on the first slope above the town, and gives the most immediately charming of the three. Moelleux, pronounced mwah-lurr and translating roughly as marrow-like, is the middle tier of Loire sweetness, usually carrying between 40 and 60 grams per litre of residual sugar. Huet's are made by passerillage, the grapes shrivelling on the vine, rather than from botrytised fruit, which keeps them fine and clear-edged; the reference point is a good Mosel rather than a Sauternes. This bottling finished at 13 per cent alcohol with 52 grams of residual sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinkable now and capable of decades in bottle. It matches cheeses and savoury pork or duck dishes better than most sweet wines, and in richer years fruit-based desserts. Serve at 8-10°C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Victor Huët, a Parisian bistro owner, settled here in 1928 and his son Gaston took charge from 1937. The domaine holds three of the appellation's finest sites — Le Haut-Lieu, nearly nine hectares of deep limestone-clay; Le Mont, bought in 1957, stonier and rich in green mica; and Clos du Bourg, the poorest and shallowest soils on the Première Côte. Huet began farming biodynamically in 1990 and has been certified since 1993; Benjamin Joliveau has made the wines since 2009. Constance, first made in 1989, is picked berry by berry in repeated passes and pressed very slowly. The 500ml bottle is its standard format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinkable now and capable of decades. Serve at 8–10°C with blue cheese, apple tart or foie gras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Domaine Huet, founded in 1928, works three sites: Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Le Clos du Bourg. Le Clos du Bourg is the smallest and the most calcareous of the three, a walled plot on the plateau directly behind the church in the village, with only a shallow layer of clay over hard limestone. It usually gives the firmest and most tightly built of the domaine's wines. The demi-sec carries a modest amount of residual sugar, which against Chenin acidity of this order reads as weight rather than as sweetness, and it is the style Huet has long maintained ages best of all. This is a half-bottle of a mature release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlder bottles open out with air; serve at 10-12°C with roast pork, a soft washed-rind cheese or a chicken and mushroom fricassée.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Domaine Huet, founded in 1928 and made famous under Gaston Huet, works three sites: Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Clos du Bourg. Clos du Bourg is the walled vineyard beside the church, with a shallow layer of clay over solid limestone, and it gives the firmest and most mineral of the three wines. Première Trie refers to the first pass through the rows, when pickers take only the ripest and most shrivelled fruit. This bottling was made with a large proportion of botrytised berries, the first time since 1997 that noble rot played so large a part, which adds mouthfeel and complexity to the sweetness. Fermentation is slow and the wine is raised without new oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweet Vouvray of this weight drinks well on release but is built for decades in bottle. 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Moelleux Première Trie is made from the first selective pass through the rows, when only the ripest, shrivelled and botrytis-affected berries are taken, so the picking is slow and the volumes small. Fermentation is unhurried and the wine sees no new oak, which leaves the sweetness framed by the high natural acidity Chenin Blanc holds on this site. The season here was sunny and late-maturing, producing a wine in the mould of Huet's other well-known late-ripening years. At 375ml the format matures a little faster than a standard bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully mature and drinking now, though well-cellared half-bottles will keep. Serve at 8-10°C with blue cheese, a fruit tart or duck liver pâté.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Domaine Huet works three sites, and Le Haut-Lieu, the clay-over-limestone vineyard surrounding the winery, is traditionally the roundest and most open-textured of them. This release comes from a season in which botrytis was scarce but dry, warm conditions at harvest allowed concentrated and mineral Moelleux to be made from ripe, healthy fruit rather than noble rot. It was bottled the following year with 52.2 grams per litre of residual sugar against a total acidity of 4.2 grams per litre, which explains the balance: this is not a thick, unctuous style but a fine, pure one with a crisp close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is drinking beautifully at twenty years of age and can hold for another decade or two. Serve at 8-10°C with blue cheese, a fruit tart or on its own after a meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Because he vinifies Vouvray fruit in his Montlouis cellar, the wine cannot carry the Vouvray appellation and is labelled Vin de France instead. The clos covers 2.7 hectares on the crest of a hill above the surrounding countryside, with an average vine age of more than 70 years, on clay and chalk over a deep tuffeau subsoil. Compared with the more approachable Les Argiles cuvée, this is a deep, tightly coiled and compact Vouvray. It is raised in demi-muids more than ten years old, so the oak leaves no flavour, only texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it several years and drink over the next fifteen. Serve at 10 to 12°C with roast pork, pike-perch in butter or a mature goat's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Clos du Bourg sits directly above the town; Huet has farmed it since 1953 and bought it in 1963. There is only about a metre of topsoil over solid limestone, so the vines tap into the mineral bedrock almost at once. The warmth of the site combined with that geology gives wines that hold intense minerality alongside generous texture and concentration, and that count among the longest-lived dry whites in Europe. Young, they are pent-up, chalky and racy; with age they move at a glacial pace towards something honeyed, buttery and savoury. Huet’s sec bottlings carry between 4 and 8 g\/L residual sugar depending on the season, with recent releases nearer 3 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRewarding now but built for fifteen years or more. Serve at 10-12°C with scallops, roast pheasant or a mature chèvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Le Haut Lieu was the estate's first vineyard, bought in 1928, and gives the domaine both its house and its name in the appellation. It occupies a plateau with a slight south-facing gradient at one of the highest points of Vouvray, nine hectares of deep brown chalky clay known locally as aubuis, with the yellow tuffeau bedrock as much as four metres down. The richer soil makes rounder, suppler wines that drink well young, and Le Haut-Lieu is usually the earliest maturing of the three Huet single vineyards, though bottles from the 1940s show how long they can last. The dry wines carry between 4 and 8 grams per litre of residual sugar depending on the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine now and capable of decades in bottle, it is a go-to for seafood, white meats or a mature goat's cheese. Serve at 10 to 12 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Le Mont has been recognised as one of the appellation’s distinguished sites since the 15th century and was known locally as Perruches, after the greenish clay flecked with perrons, fist-sized pebbles of flint. Domaine Huet bought the steep, rocky eight-hectare vineyard in 1957. Its argilo-siliceux soils — stony, with green mineral clays and flint over limestone — give the tight structure and pungent minerality the site is known for. With less clay than Le Haut-Lieu, a different clay at that, and more stone, Le Mont produces the nerviest wines in the Huet stable, which is why it is given over mainly to dry and off-dry styles. Huet’s secs carry between 4 and 8 g\/L residual sugar depending on the season, with recent releases closer to 3 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTightly wound in youth and capable of decades; two or three years will open it up. 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There is only about a metre of topsoil over solid limestone, so the vines reach the rock almost immediately, and the warmth of the site combined with that mineral base gives wines of real concentration and very long life. Huet's moelleux bottlings usually carry between 40 and 60 g\/L residual sugar, and the sweetness comes chiefly from passerillage, grapes dried on the vine, rather than from botrytis. The result is closer in weight and cut to a fine Mosel than to a Sauternes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinkable now and capable of decades in bottle. Serve at 8-10°C with blue cheese, pork belly or a spiced duck dish rather than a sugary dessert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Because he also farms in Montlouis, the Vouvray authorities have declined to grant the appellation to his wines from this side of the Loire, so they are labelled Vin de France; the fruit and the site are unchanged. The clos runs to 2.7 hectares on the crest of a hill above the surrounding country, with an average vine age of more than 70 years. The soils are clay and chalk over a deep tuffeau subsoil. Compared with the more approachable Les Argiles, this is a dense, tightly wound wine, and the finish carries the salty, rocky character the site is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth three to five years and capable of far longer. Serve at 10-12°C with roast pork, scallops or a plate of aged goat's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Clos du Breuil is a single site of three hectares sloping towards the Loire, close to Clos Habert and among the highest ground in the appellation. The soil is clay and coarse flint over limestone subsoil, the type locally called les perruches. Some of Chidaine's oldest vines are here, up to 90 years, with an average age of about 50. The fruit is hand-harvested with several passes through the vineyard, and the wine ferments naturally in 620-litre demi-muids over a period of up to 11 months, giving texture without overt oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will drink well for a decade or more, and suits scallops, roast pork or a mature goat's cheese. Serve at 10 to 12 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The label therefore reads Vin de France, a technicality that has not troubled his customers. The fruit comes from a series of clay-rich Vouvray sites — argiles means clay — that surround the Clos Baudoin, among them l’Espagnole, la Chatterie, l’Homme, la Reugnières and le Haut-Lieu, the last of these the vineyard made famous by Huet. Set back from the river, these parcels are largely 40-year-old bush vines on deep chalky clay over a limestone subsoil, a combination that gives both the density and generosity of the clay and the more vertical, spicy energy of the limestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood now and will develop over a decade. Serve at 10-12°C with roast chicken, grilled pork belly or a firm goat’s cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The change has done nothing to dampen demand. The fruit comes from a series of clay-rich sites, the argiles of the name, surrounding Clos Baudoin, among them L'Espagnole, La Chatterie, L'Homme, Les Reugnières and Le Haut Lieu. Set back from the river, these parcels are planted mostly to 40-year-old bush vines growing on deep chalky clay over limestone subsoil. The combination is deliberate: the clay gives density and generosity of fruit, the limestone beneath supplies the vertical, spicy energy and the long finish. Farming is meticulous and the winemaking follows Chidaine's usual low-intervention approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable on release and capable of a decade in bottle, it suits roast pork, smoked fish or a hard sheep's cheese. Serve at 10 to 12 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Huet bought the steep, rocky eight-hectare vineyard in 1957. It sits on the Première Côte, the run of limestone hillside overlooking Tours, and its argilo-siliceux soils, stony clay and flint over limestone, give the tightest and most mineral wines in the range. Huet's moelleux bottlings usually carry 40 to 60 g\/L residual sugar, drawn mainly from passerillage, grapes shrivelled on the vine, rather than botrytis. The première trie level goes further, selecting the very ripest berries, often botrytis-affected, and is made only in top years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable now and likely to improve for decades. Serve at 8-10°C with roquefort, foie gras terrine or a citrus-based dessert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The yellow tuffeau limestone bedrock lies as much as four metres below the surface here, so the soil is richer and holds more water than at Le Mont or Clos du Bourg. That translates into rounder, more supple wines that show well young, and Le Haut-Lieu is generally the first of the three cuvées to come into its own. Longevity is not sacrificed for it; bottles from the 1940s are still drinking well. The demi-sec sits at a level of residual sugar that reads as barely off-dry against the acidity of the vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinking now and capable of many decades. Serve at 10°C with Thai green curry, roast pork or a plate of washed-rind cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Its argilo-siliceux soils — stony, with green mineral clays and flint over limestone — give the tight structure and pungent minerality the site is known for. It carries less clay than Le Haut-Lieu, of a different type, and a great deal more stone, so Le Mont produces the nerviest wines in the Huet range and is usually kept for dry and off-dry bottlings, with a moelleux made only when the season delivers the ripeness. Huet's sweet wines are built mainly on grapes dried on the vine by passerillage rather than on botrytis, which keeps them finer and more delicate than most sweet whites. A museum release means the bottle was cellared at the domaine rather than passing through the trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully mature but in no hurry at all. Serve at 8–10°C with blue cheese, foie gras or roast pork with apple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The domaine has farmed it since 1953 and bought it in 1963. There is only about a metre of topsoil over solid limestone, so the vines tap into the rock almost at once; that, with the warmth of the site, gives wines that combine concentration and texture with mineral drive, and which age for decades. Huet's moelleux bottlings usually carry between 40 and 60 grams per litre of residual sugar, made chiefly from grapes dried on the vine by passerillage rather than from botrytis, which keeps them fresher and lighter on their feet than their sugar levels suggest. This bottle was cellared at the domaine and shipped directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully mature and drinking now, though in no hurry. Serve at 8-10°C with foie gras, a washed-rind cheese or a simple apple tart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The nine-hectare plot lies on deep brown chalky clay known locally as aubuis, with the tuffeau limestone bedrock as much as four metres down. That richer soil gives rounder, suppler wines than the estate's other sites, generally the earliest of the three cuvées to come round, though they can still live for many decades. The moelleux style carries roughly 40 to 60 grams per litre of residual sugar, made mainly from passerillaged grapes dried on the vine rather than botrytised fruit, which is why these wines stay closer in weight to a fine Mosel than to Sauternes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinking beautifully now and in no danger of fading. Serve at 8-10°C with roast pork and apple, blue cheese or a fruit tart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The nine-hectare plot lies on deep, brown, chalky clay known as aubuis, with the yellow tuffeau limestone bedrock as much as four metres down; that richer soil gives round, supple wines that drink well young, though bottles from the 1940s are still in fine order. Huet's moelleux typically carry between 40 and 60 g\/L of residual sugar and are made largely from grapes dried on the vine by passerillage rather than from botrytis, so the reference point for weight is a great Mosel rather than Sauternes. In the top years a première trie is picked, berry by berry, from the very ripest and often botrytis-affected fruit. What marks it out is balance: racy and transparent rather than heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will drink well for decades. Serve at 8–10°C with blue cheese, a terrine, or a fruit tart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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A single metre of topsoil covers solid limestone, so the roots reach the rock quickly, and the warmth of the site combined with that mineral base produces wines of both concentration and considerable length. Huet's moelleux wines generally hold between 40 and 60 grams per litre of residual sugar and are made mainly from grapes dried on the vine by passerillage. In the best seasons a sweeter première trie is picked, selecting the ripest berries individually, often including botrytis-affected fruit, which raises both sugar and intensity while the underlying acidity holds the wine in balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable now but capable of decades in the cellar. Serve at 8-10°C with foie gras, Roquefort or a tarte tatin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Its argilo-siliceux soils are stony, with green mineral clays and flint over limestone, and they account for the tight structure and pungent minerality the site is known for. Set against Le Haut-Lieu it has less clay, of a different type, and considerably more stone, which is why Le Mont consistently gives the nerviest wines in the range and is usually reserved for dry and off-dry cuvées; a moelleux is made only when the fruit reaches the required ripeness. As across the domaine, the sweetness comes chiefly from grapes shrivelled on the vine by passerillage rather than from botrytis, so the wine holds a fine, taut frame rather than turning unctuous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinkable now but likely to improve for decades. Serve at 8–10°C with a mature blue cheese, chicken liver parfait or roast pork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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It sits on the Première Côte, a nine-hectare plot on the deep brown chalky clay known locally as aubuis, with the yellow tuffeau limestone bedrock lying as much as four metres below the surface. That richer soil produces round, supple wines that can be enjoyed young, and this is generally the earliest maturing of the three cuvées; longevity is not sacrificed for it, though, and Huet bottles from the 1940s are still drinking well. The moelleux style carries roughly 40 to 60 g\/L of residual sugar and depends chiefly on passerillage — grapes shrivelled on the vine — rather than on botrytis, which keeps the weight closer to a fine Mosel than to Sauternes and leaves the acidity in charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproachable now and capable of decades. Serve at 8–10°C with washed-rind or blue cheese, pâté, or a spiced pork dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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It lies on the Première Côte, the band of limestone hillside overlooking Tours, and its argilo-siliceux soils, with less clay and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, are behind the tight structure and pungent minerality the site is known for. This is where the estate makes its nerviest wines, and the vineyard is given over mostly to dry and off-dry styles. Huet's demi-sec bottlings typically carry 18 to 25 g\/L residual sugar, though the acidity leaves them tasting only just off dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinking now and likely to improve for twenty years or more. Serve at 10°C with Sichuan or Thai dishes, roast quail or a mature cheddar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Huet has farmed it since 1953 and bought it in 1963. With just one metre of topsoil above solid limestone, the vines reach the mineral resources beneath almost immediately, and the warmth of the site combined with that geology gives wines of both intense mineral definition and generous concentration. Huet's demi-secs typically carry between 18 and 25 grams per litre of residual sugar, but the acidity is such that the wines read as only just off-dry. The result manages clarity and finesse while remaining open and welcoming young.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will develop for several decades, and pairs with the spice of many Asian dishes, with pork or with a blue cheese. Serve at 10 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Clos du Bourg is perched on the Première Côte directly above the town and is a Huet monopole; the domaine has farmed it since 1953 and bought it outright in 1963. It is generally reckoned the finest of Huet's three sites, ahead of Le Haut-Lieu and Le Mont. With only a metre of topsoil, the vines reach the limestone almost immediately, and the warmth of the site combines with that mineral base to give wines of both concentration and long life. Huet's demi-secs typically carry between 18 and 25 g\/L of residual sugar, which the acidity renders barely more than off-dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelicious now and capable of decades in bottle. Serve at 10-12°C with spiced Asian dishes, pork rillettes or a wedge of Roquefort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Compared with Le Haut-Lieu there is less clay, of a different type, and a great deal more stone, and this is the source of the tight structure and pungent minerality for which the site is known. Le Mont reliably gives the nerviest wines in the Huet range, which is why the domaine directs it mostly towards dry and off-dry bottlings rather than sweet ones. Dry Vouvray of this kind is among the longest-lived white wine styles in France, and it typically needs time to open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it three to five years, then drink over the next fifteen. Serve at 10-12°C with pork rillettes, roast chicken or a goat's cheese from the Loire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Le Haut-Lieu was Huet's founding parcel, bought in 1928, and lies on the Première Côte where the house and cellars stand on a plateau with a gentle south-facing tilt at one of the highest points of the appellation. The nine-hectare plot is on deep brown chalky clay known locally as aubuis, with the tuffeau bedrock as much as four metres down. That richer soil gives rounder, suppler wines that drink well earlier than the domaine's other cuvées, though bottles from the 1940s are still going. Huet's dry wines usually carry between 4 and 8 g\/L of residual sugar, and recent vintages have come in closer to 3 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAttractive young and safely cellared for twenty years or more. Serve at 10-12°C with oysters, roast pork or a plate of freshwater fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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