Huet Vouvray 'Le Mont' Demi Sec 2022

Normally $135 NOW $115/$103.50

Purchased in 1957, the steep, rocky, eight-hectare vineyard of Le Mont lies on Vouvray's esteemed Premiere Cote, part of a bank of limestone-rich hillside vineyards overlooking Tours. This block's argilo-siliceux soils (stony with green mineral clays and flint over limestone) provide the tight structure and pungent minerality that Le Mont is renowned for. With less clay (and a different type of clay) and more stone than Le Haut-Lieu, this site typically produces the nerviest wines of the Huet stable, so mostly dry and off-dry whites are produced from this vineyard.

'The 2022 Le Mont Demi-Sec is less fruity and charming than, say, Clos du Bourg; its tension and line come from its flinty terroir. Despite its 21g/L residual sugar, it retains a sense of tautness without being totally linear. Radish and pear notes linger on the long finish. This is grown-up demi-sec.' 95 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous