A natural sweet Chenin Blanc drawn from successive passes of botrytised and passerillé berries across Huet’s three crus (Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont, Clos du Bourg). Fermented with indigenous yeasts and raised half in old demi-muids, half in stainless steel; unfortified, with sweetness coming from arrested fermentation. Expect intense stone-fruit, citrus-peel and spice with crystalline acidity and terrific purity.
Huet ‘Cuvée Constance’ Vouvray Moelleux 2018 (500ml)
Domaine Huet was founded in 1928 and farms ~30–35 ha of Chenin on three historic, tuffeau-based sites: Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Clos du Bourg. A pioneer of biodynamics in the Loire (Demeter-certified), Huet hand-harvests and vinifies parcel by parcel, using native yeasts in a mix of tanks and old demi-muids; malolactic is generally avoided.
Vouvray sits on tuffeau (soft chalk) capped by clay-siliceous layers along the Loire’s right bank—soils that deliver high-acid, mineral Chenin Blanc in a full stylistic spectrum from sec to richly sweet (moelleux/doux). Warm years allow botrytis and late harvesting via multiple tries, underpinning benchmark sweet wines like Constance.
