2011 Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec [WS90]

Producer: Domaine Huet 
Region: Vouvray, Touraine, Loire, France 
Varietal: Chenin Blanc 
Year: 2011 

Wine Spectator, 90 Points 

"Ripe and bracing, with nectarine, peach and star fruit notes propelled by lively acidity and backed by ginger and heather accents on the finish." 

John Gilman, 

"The 2011 vintage was the last that was overseen by Noël Pinguet at Domaine Huët, and it looks to be a lovely closing note to his great career at this iconic Vouvray estate. The 2011 Le Haut Lieu Sec is a deep and complex wine, offering up a lovely and classic bouquet of apple, orange zest, lanolin, a touch of beeswax, wisps of petrol and a lovely base of complex soil tones. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and, though it is not as powerfully concentrated as the 2009 or 2010 versions, it has a very good core for a 2011, with reasonably crisp acids, lovely focus and balance and a very long, still quite youthful and primary finish." 

Alcohol: 13% 

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