Huet Vouvray Petillant Brut 2019

Normally $100 NOW $84/$75.60

One of the best cremant's in the Loire - this will both satisfy a Champagne drinker as well as someone looking for something different. Superb;y elegant mousse, fine bubbles and an integrated yet refreshing line of acid. Citru fruit is married with some deeper tones of toast and earth as well as brioche character on the finish. Fantastic. Jeremy Muller, FWC.

Only the best grower Champagnes have the kind of interest, sense of place and attention to detail this sparkling wine offers. Bottled at a low pressure of 2.5/3 atmospheres (most Champagnes are between five and six), this wine has a more delicate fizz than most. The fruit is all estate-grown (certified biodynamic) and comes from the youngest vines in Huet's Premiere Cote vineyards. Crafted in a hybrid methode ancestrale style (only natural sugar in the must was used for the second fermentation), it's made in years that favour dry wine production.

Disgorged in October 2023 following 36 months on lees in the Huet cellars, the 2019 release has just over 1 g/L residual sugar and was dosed with the 2018 Le Haut Lieu Moelleux. To quote sparkling wine authority Peter Liem on the style, ...it's a magical, intensely expressive wine, and ridiculously inexpensive for the quality.