A medium-sweet Chenin Blanc from the renowned Le Mont vineyard site in Vouvray, Loire, which, with just 20 grams of residual sugar, displays a remarkable balance of sweetness and acidity.
Bottler: Domaine Huet, 11 rue de la Croix Buisée, 37210 Vouvray / France
In the glass
Colour
Intense straw yellow.
Nose
Blossoms and floral honey, yellow apples, quince and whitecurrants, alongside caramel, smoke, mint and verbena.
Palate
Precise and dense, with a playful lightness, mouth-watering salinity and a perfect balance of residual sugar and acidity.
Character
A magnificent demi-sec that unites depth with ethereal lightness, featuring darkly spiced notes and white blossoms.
Pairing
Pairs beautifully with spicy Asian dishes, mature cheese or fruity desserts.
Notes
From biodynamic viticulture (Demeter-certified since 1993), spontaneously fermented and aged in used demi-muids, with excellent ageing potential.
Tasting note
Colour & appearance
Intense straw yellow, dense and luminous in the glass.
Nose
Unusually accessible for a young Le Mont: blossom honey, yellow apples, quince and whitecurrant, underpinned by a darker base note of caramel and smoke, lifted by mint and verbena.
Palate
The roughly 20 grams of residual sugar are barely perceptible – the natural acidity of Chenin Blanc keeps everything in perfect balance. Precise, dense yet playful, with a salty, almost mouth-watering tension; dark spicy notes meet white blossoms. A demi-sec of rare equilibrium.
Finish
Long, clear and distinctly mineral, with lingering spice and fine bitterness – a wine that will be even better in ten years’ time than it is today.
Terroir & origin
Le Mont lies on the Première Côte of Vouvray, south-facing, directly above the historic tuffeau cellars. The vineyard – mentioned as early as the 15th century – rests on Turonian tuffeau limestone, covered by gravelly flint (“Perron”) and deep green clay. Less clay, more stone than in Haut-Lieu: this yields the estate’s most intensely mineral wines, which gain length and finesse with age.
Grape variety & vinification
Pure Chenin Blanc – known here as the “vine of moonlight”. In 2023, the spotted wing drosophila forced the team to carry out extreme selection: at least a quarter of the harvest was discarded, every berry inspected. Spontaneously fermented, aged in used demi-muids; malolactic fermentation only exceptionally in individual casks.
Food recommendations
Its fine sweet-acid tension makes it ideally suited to spicy Asian cuisine, duck à l’orange, pan-fried scallops or mature Comté.
Special features
Domaine Huet has been farmed according to Demeter-certified biodynamic principles since 1993 – pioneering work, long before Burgundy followed suit. In 2023, the Le Mont Demi-Sec shows an unusual early approachability without sacrificing its ageing potential: a vintage that rewards patience but does not demand it.
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