2023 Domaine Huet Vouvray - Le Mont Sec

Connoisseurs of Loire Valley chenin blanc need no introduction to Domaine Huet, but just in case: Huet is the iconic producer in Vouvray, founded in 1928 by Gaston Huet with the vineyard Le Haut Lieu, to which he added the vineyards Clos du Bourg (1953) and Le Mont (1957). The vineyards have been farmed biodynamically since 1990. Gaston Huet died in 2002, and the estate was eventually purchased by American siblings Sarah and Hugo Hwang, who have maintained the key vineyard and cellar team and invested further in the estate. For the 8-hectare cru Le Mont, we quote Huet’s importer, the Rare Wine Company: ‘For many insiders, the argument over Vouvray’s greatest vineyard comes down to two sites: Le Mont and Clos du Bourg. Indisputably a grand cru vineyard, Le Mont enjoys a choice site on the Première Côte. With less clay and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, including a high content of green mica, Le Mont yields young wines of intense minerality and often the most linear and precise wine in th