Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 2023

Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec is a dry Chenin Blanc from the steepest and stoniest of the domaine’s three Vouvray vineyards.

Vouvray lies on the north bank of the Loire east of Tours, where Chenin Blanc grows on the limestone-rich hillside known as the Première Côte. 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.

Tightly wound in youth and capable of decades; two or three years will open it up. Serve at 10-12°C with oysters, roast pork loin or a fresh chèvre.

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