Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux 2009

Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux is a sweet Chenin Blanc from a small walled parcel beside the church in Vouvray.

Vouvray covers the tuffeau limestone plateau above the Loire east of Tours, and Chenin Blanc is bottled there as dry, demi-sec, moelleux or sparkling wine depending on what the season delivers. Domaine Huet was founded in 1928 and works three sites on that plateau: Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Le Clos du Bourg. Le Clos du Bourg is the smallest and the most severe of the three, a walled clos with only a thin layer of topsoil over solid rock, and it gives the firmest and most mineral wines of the range. Moelleux is made only in years when botrytis and ripeness allow, picked in successive passes through the vineyard so that only the affected bunches are taken, fermented slowly with the estate's own yeasts and stopped with substantial residual sugar. Bottled without heavy handling, these are among the longest-lived sweet wines in France.

Approachable now but built to run for decades, it suits foie gras, Roquefort and apple tart. Serve at 8-10°C.

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