Huet Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Sec 2024

Le Haut-Lieu was the estate’s first vineyard, purchased in 1928. Situated on the Première Côte, it’s a nine-hectare plot on deep brown chalky clay (known as aubuis). The yellow limestone (tuffeau) bedrock lies up to four metres down, making for a richer soil that produces round, supple wines that drink very well young. It generally produces the earliest-maturing of the three cuvées and is usually ready to drink first, but, like Clos du Bourg and Le Mont, the wines can be extremely long-lived. We have enjoyed bottles from the ’40s that are still drinking very well! Importer’s Notes.

“Notes of lime, herbs and spring flowers preface the 2024 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec, a medium- to full-bodied, lively and incisive dry white with a chiseled palate framed by a delicate bitterness and a long, ethereal finish. This is a classic at this address that could gain roundness with time in the bottle.” 91 points, Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate