Le Mont Sec 2010

Bodega: Domaine Huet
D.O./Zona:Vouvray (Loira)
País: Francia
Tipo de vino: Blanco sin crianza
Graduación (vol): 13%
Varietales: 100% Chenin
Precio aproximado: 18 euros en bodega


Fecha de cata: 13/4/2012
Decantado: no
Info de cata: Otro de los vinos de Vouvray, de la bodega Domaine Huet, que Iñi y Esti trajeron de su viaje por el Loira. Todos muy buenos y este no es una excepción. No tomé notas pero recuerdo que nos pareció muy rico y que todos coincidimos que era mejor no tomarlos excesivamente frios. A ver si Iñi acaba su App para que pueda tomar notas de las catas en el momento, que luego se me olvida! Para compensar pongo la cata y el enlace a este buenisimo artículo de The Wine Doctor que ya he recomendado antes para conocer Domaine Huet.

Nota de Cata (The Wine Doctor)Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 2010:Residual sugar 9 g/l, alcohol 13.2%. A polished and sweeter feel to the fruit here, gentle with a beautiful purity to it. There is more substance on the palate though; although it still maintains an elegant balance it has a substantial fruit character with great substance and structure too it as well. It is perhaps the most severe of the three seccuvées, although I think Clos du Bourg comes pretty close in that regard. Certainly showing bags of structure and citrusy acidity on the palate, so from that point of view it certainly is the least approachable. From a 2011 Huet update. 17.5-18.5/20

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Domaine huet le haut-lieu demi-sec 2007

Bodega: Domaine Huet
D.O./Zona:Vouvray (Loira)
País: Francia
Tipo de vino: Blanco sin crianza
Graduación (vol): 13%
Varietales: 100% Chenin
Precio aproximado: 18 euros en bodega


Fecha de cata: 20/11/2011
Decantado: no
Info de cata: color amarillo, bastante intenso, no como el XS, que tomamos delante. Fue perfecto con el queso y me parecio fresco, bastante complejo, potente, nada acido, pero fresco. Muy ricos estos blancos del loira que trajo Iñi, habra que pedir algo a la bodega, aunque por 18 euros en bodega, barato no es.

Notas de cata (The wine doctor):Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Demi-Sec 2007: Residual sugar 21.3 g/l, alcohol 12.99%, total acidity 4.98 g/l. My first time tasting any demi-sec from this vintage. This has an elegant and gently floral nose. There is spicy minerality too, although otherwise it is not hugely expressive. The style though is very appealing, with a lovely depth and peppery minerality, and a precise power and acidity. Fine stuff. An update from the 2009 Salon. 17+/20 (February 2009)

Demi-Sec

The demi-sec wines of Domaine Huet are archetypal Vouvray. The division of the harvest into wines of different must weights, by running several tries through the vineyard and by careful selection, is a very welcome manipulation (because it gives us those savoury sec cuvées, and of course the fabulous sweet wines), but what the vineyard would give us if taken as a unified whole is probably a demi-sec wine. Demi-sec cuvées are thus perhaps the truest expression of Vouvray, no matter how delicious the other styles might be; thus, by extrapolation, if you don't know the appellation's demi-sec wines, then you don't know Vouvray.

The concentration of residual sugar in a demi-sec cuvée is traditionally in the order of 10-20 g/l, although in practice - as with the seccuvées - the typical figure has been creeping up in recent years. But what counts is balance, and these wines certainly achieve that. Put together the right combination of sugar and acidity and you get a rich and fleshy wine, rather than an overtly sweet one. With age this becomes even more pronounced, the wines becoming drier and yet, paradoxically, more honeyed with increasingly advanced maturity. These are complex and evolving wines which should not be ignored. Sadly many drinkers do ignore the demi-sec wines, and this is noticeable in the opinions and scores of many critics who also seem to overlook them. Their excuse might be that they can find no use for the wines when paired up with modern cuisine, but this is an inadequate response as there are many fine potential matches, from the arenas of seafood, pork and poultry in particular, and I think as the wines go into early maturity this becomes even easier. As they mature even further, and develop greater complexity, they prefer to be sipped on their own I think.

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Clos du bourg sec 2010

Bodega: Domaine Huet
D.O./Zona:Vouvray (Loira)
País: Francia
Tipo de vino: Blanco sin crianza
Graduación (vol): 13,5%
Varietales: 100% Chenin
Precio aproximado: 15-20 euros

Fecha de cata: 25/10/2011
Decantado: no
Info de cata: color amarillo muy claro, casi trasparente, brillante. En nariz potencia media unos minutos despues de servirlo y al final, una hora despues todavia mejor. En nariz al principio parecia demasiado acido, pero al final para nada, estaba buenisimo, igual gracias al foie y a los quesos traidos de france...

Notas de cata (The wine doctor)Domaine Huet Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec 2010: Residual sugar 9 g/l, alcohol 13.5%. This is much more substantial than Le Haut Lieu, which seemed rather more pretty on the nose. Instead there is polished limestone substance here. There follows a lovely palate, forceful, and the acidity seems brighter even though the figures suggest it is very slightly lower. Lovely brightness to the fruit overall. This is a lovely wine, just brimming with potential. From a 2011 Huet update. 17.5-18.5/20 (January 2011)

Sec

Any tasting of the still wines naturally begins with the sec cuvées, wines which could once be relied upon to possess in the region of 3 to 5 g/l of residual sugar. In recent years, however, it is notable that the residual has been creeping up, and most recent vintages have between 10 and 15 g/l. This is not so much sec as sec-tendre; not overtly sweet, the sugar is usually balanced out by the fine acidity, but the wines are certainly richer and more fleshy than they once were; it is a development that has not been to everybody's taste. I must confess, however, that I still find the wines very appealing, and they cellar very well indeed. At 10 to 15 years these wines are still babies, drinking beautifully, and for some this is when the drinking window truly starts. Personally I find they drink well from the very beginning, and have enjoyed Huet's sec Vouvrays at all ages, sometimes after a year or two in bottle, sometimes many more.

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