Huet Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec 2021
The 2021 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Sec opens with a clear and elegant, finely chalky bouquet of ripe and juicy, well-concentrated fruits. It is richer and more intense on the nose than the ascetic Haut-Lieu and reveals delicate lemon fruit intermingled with pure chalk notes. Accordingly, the palate is textured and round yet also refined and very elegant, with round and juicy fruit, very fine tannins and a high energy level due to its finely mineral acidity and tension. Very charming, complex and probably with a certain amount of residual sugar, this is another long-distance runner that is already a great pleasure to drink at this early stage. It has great potential. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in March 2023. Drink 2023-2050. 94 Points. Stephen Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate.
Perched on the Première Côte, just above the town of Vouvray, Clos du Bourg is a monopole and generally regarded as the greatest of the three Huet single vineyards. It has been farmed by the Domaine since 1953 (purchased in 1963). Arguably the greatest vineyard of the region, Clos du Bourg makes some of the most powerful, thrilling and long-lived white wines in Europe. With only one metre of topsoil over solid limestone, the vines tap almost immediately into the mineral resources underfoot. The warmth of the site, combined with the mineral complexion of the soils, results in rich and super long-lived wines that seem to effortlessly combine intense, charged minerality with generous texture and concentration.