Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 2023
Domaine Huet
Domaine Huet's Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is an exercise in controlled sweetness — the heat of the 2023 vintage concentrated sugars that the biodynamic estate's limestone soils kept in perfect tension with acidity. It is a wine that tempers richness with structure, proof that fire from above (sun) and below (mineral-rich stone) can collaborate to extraordinary effect.
Nose
Honeyed quince and ripe pear, with beeswax and chamomile. A vibrant citrus note and a hint of flint minerality keep the sweetness in check.
Palate
Luscious and textured, with residual sugar balanced by Vouvray's signature acidity. Honeyed apple and candied citrus dominate, but there is a chalky, mineral backbone — the tuffeau limestone soils expressing themselves clearly. The sweetness is precise, never cloying.
Finish
Very long, with lingering honey, green apple, and a stony mineral quality that calls you back.
- Varietal
- Chenin Blanc
- Blend
- 100% Chenin Blanc
- Vineyards
- Le Haut-Lieu, Vouvray, Loire Valley
- Alcohol
- 12.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
- Skin Contact
- No
Food Pairing
Toasted walnut bread topped with crumbled Roquefort and a drizzle of chestnut honey — the wine's sweetness tames the blue cheese's salt while its acidity cuts through the richness.
Domaine Huet, farmed biodynamically since 1990 in Vouvray, produces Chenin Blanc from three legendary vineyard sites atop tuffeau limestone, with Le Haut-Lieu being the warmest and most south-facing of the trio.
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