Le Haut Lieu
Le Mont
Le Clos du Bourg
Le Vodanis
Vouvray is a region with 2000 hectares along the Loire , only with chenin blang grape variety and 200 wine producers on it . Clay-silica soil , sometimes just clay . The Domaine Huet is managed by Noël Pinguet . Organic viticulture . Biodynamic management (Demeter certified). Harvest is done through successive selections. Several types of wines are produced depending of the year and the vineyard location . Sec (dry) , demi-sec , moelleux .
The production goes to wine stores , restaurants , private customers , and for export .
__1__ Vouvray Domaine Huet Petillant (sparkling) Brut 1999 .Less bubbles than in Traditional method . 8,9 Euro . 1,5 bar pressure (3 bar in traditional method) .

__2__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Le Mont" 2001 . Sec (Dry) .Begins to be ready for drinking.(2 years) . 12,5 ° . Light . Still a good acidity . 10,7 Euro.
__3__ Vouvray Domaine Huet . sec . Le Vodanis 2003 . Dry . More aromatic . Clay-Silica , but not on the rock . Many micro climates and conditions in Vouvray . Minerality . Dense . 10,7 Euro.
__4__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Le Mont" 2001 . Demi Sec . 12,5° . 14,7 Euro . Le mont is a 9 hectares lot with differences in it . 22g residual sugar and 6,89g/L total acidity . Very pleasant at aperitif.
__5__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Le Haut Lieu" 2003 . 13° . 13,7 Euro . 29,4g residual sugar . Total acidity 4 g/L. Already very elegant . Opened.
As we speak , Benjamin Joliveau shows us a vine tulip pictured in the Domaine Huet nineyard . This doesnt happen on most vineyards and proves organic viticulture dies change things.
__6__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Haut Lieu" 2003 . Moelleux . 13° . 18,7 Euro . 63,8 g residual sugar and 3,8 total acidity . Best moelleux wine years are : 1989,1990,1997,2003.
__7__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Clos du Bourg" Moelleux 2003 .66 g residual sugar ,3,8 total acidity . . 13,3° . 20,7 Euro.
__8__ Vouvray Domaine Huet "Le Haut Lieu" 2003 Moelleux "1re Trie" (first selection grapes). In the liquoreux category . 12,5° .29,7 Euro . 86,5 g residual sugar. Total acidity 3,9 g/L.
__9__Vouvray Domaine Huet "Le Mont" 2003 . Moelleux ."1re Trie" . 12,5 ° . 30,7 Euro . 89g/L residual sugar . 3,85 g/L total acidity . Very nice tasting experience . The Domaine has each year a "portes ouvertes" (open doors) event around may 8th , when the new wine comes out .
one of the truly original wine web sites. I love it!
ken ross
Posted by: ken ross | August 24, 2004 at 02:08 AM
Wonderful pictures of Dom.Huet, having just tasted a 1989 Vouvray "Constance" last night. Does anyone know anything about this wine?
Posted by: kurt krause | October 17, 2004 at 10:27 PM
Dear Sir,
Can you tell me where I may purchase a vouvray of chateau noizay?
Posted by: Alvin Hurt | April 12, 2005 at 03:53 PM
Wonderful pictures that capture the cellars. A couple of additional notes: We were told the Domaine has a kilometer of caves dug into the hills, also, one man does the riddling - turning the bottles, for all sparkling wine in Vouvray. Finally, that black stuff on the bottles isn't dust, it's mold. The cellars are cold and also quite humid. We brought home a couple of bottles of the 1985 Le Mont. The bottles were mostly cleaned before label are applied, but a blackened cork end and a stray stripe of black mold on the bottle reminded us of the wonderful cellar conditions under which the wines are stored.
Posted by: JimKay | October 16, 2007 at 02:48 AM
Can you tell me if you need a reservation to visit this Winery and how to do it from the US?
Thank You, Pam Arenson
Posted by: Pamela Arenson | June 18, 2010 at 01:53 AM
How do we get a tour of this winery? We will be in France May, 2011 and want a tour on May 22,2011
Posted by: Janet Ruopp | February 14, 2011 at 12:08 AM
We will be in the area 21-24 Mai. Do we need an appointment to tour the winery?
Posted by: Richard L. LevyApril 22, 2012 at 01:38 AM
Check this page for visits & tasting :
http://www.huet-echansonne.com/Visite/Visite.php?LangueSite=FR
Posted by: Bert | April 22, 2012 at 10:13 AM