backward and brooding nose reluctantly gives up hints of very earthy dark pinot fruit nuanced by a distinct animale hint that merges into broad-shouldered flavors that offer excellent volume and concentration that finishes with just a hint of dryness and plenty of minerality

focused and penetrating

The structure

richness and power if a bit less refinement to the intensely mineral-inflected flavors that culminate in a wonderfully refreshing

A notably more complex and distinctly cooler nose grudgingly offers up its ultra-fresh array of green apple

Huet, Vouvray Haut Lieu Moelleux Vintage:1945 backward and brooding nose reluctantlyFrom a praised vintage, Huet's golden colored 1989 Vouvray Le Haut Lieu Moelleux displays a very clear, subtle and lovely delicate bouquet of ripe, yellow fleshed fruits (peaches, pineapples, raisins) along with a delicious earthy chalky background. Round, rather semi sweet and very delicate on the palate, this elegant and balanced Chenin reveals a great finesse, vitality and lingering salinity. Medium bodied but intense and fine, this wine is lifted