2009 Huet Vouvray Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux

World class Chenin Blanc in a medium sweet style from Biodynamic Loire legends Domaine Huet. Just entering its sweet spot for drinking this is a seriously rewarding glass of wine.

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Clos du Bourg is arguably the most prestigious of Huet's three sites and the shelter of its surrounding walls create a warm microclimate that has a particular affinity with Moelleux (sweeter) styles.

This has all the hallmarks of sweeter Loire Chenin, honey, bees wax, creamy orange and burnt caramel but it is unique in its grace. There are very few wines that possess such depth of flavour and complexity with the poise, delicacy, and nuance that Huet have harnessed here.

As David Schildknecht notes, minerality is often overwhelmed in sweet wines but here the line of salty limestone cuts through from beginning to end. True class that will continue to reward for decades to come.

93 Points - "Quince and white peach preserves fill the nose caressingly coat the palate from Huet's 2009 Vouvray Moelleux Clos du Bourg, which displays a combination of lift and delicacy with its honeyed richness that none of the present collection tasted up until this point approach. Here are brightness, energy, and efficacious acids driving the quince, pineapple, seamlessly forward. Here, too are mineral nuances too often missing from the sweet Vouvray and Montlouis of this vintage. Expect this superbly persistent bottling to be worth following for a quarter century."- David Schildknecht (The Wine Advocate)

A sensational year for sweet wines, 2009 provided the perfect conditions of ripeness with retained acidity. The gorgeous lifted aromatics on offer here are savoury and earthy, with lots of secondary notes already appearing. The palate is mind-blowing and hedonistic with waves of creamed honey, orange zest, and earthy, browned-butter notes. Such purity, spicy intensity and perfumed length.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chenin Blanc
Country France
Region Loire Valley
Feature Biodynamic
Organic
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 93
Size 750ml
Vintage 2009
Closure Cork

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