2023 Domaine Huet, Vouvray Demi-Sec 'Clos Du Bourg', Loire, France

2023 Domaine Huet, Vouvray Demi-Sec 'Clos Du Bourg', Loire, France

$54.00

This ancient, walled vineyard has the estate’s shallowest, stoniest soils. The wines are rich and intense. Many consider this to be Vouvray’s finest single vineyard site. Size: 6 hectares
Limestone-rich clay soils -- the stoniest of the three crus.
The vines are farmed using biodynamic methods and harvested by hand.
Undergoes temperature-controlled fermentation in large, old oak demi-muids as well as stainless steel vats. There is no encouragement of the malolactic fermentation, thus many Huet wines remain rich in malic acid, a character that brings an age-worthiness to the wines. The concentration of residual sugar in demi-sec cuvées is traditionally around 10-20 g/l
Aged in large demi-muids

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