Two Modern but Very Different Huet le Mont Molleux 1er tries: 2008 and 2015
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:51 am
2008 and 2015 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Mont
2008 (from bottle previously Coravined, in Impitoyable}: Medium yellowish-amber. Reluctant tearing and sheeting but quite limpid. Redcurrant, linden leaf, and muskmelon quite prominent, over a neutral florality. Crisp acids and white tannins are followed by cumquat, but with any sweetness pushed into the background by somewhat of a witches' brew of immaturity. May also be made in a drier style. Finish tart but neutral, yet promising. Will be awkward drinking for a few years, unless you like the style. 93. Drink 2023- 2035. (12.5 pabv.)
2015 (Coravin, Impitoyable): Full gold-amber. More liberal Gothic tearing. Almost Riesling like peaches and fermentation aroma, with breaths of thyme flower, having some linden leaf underneath. Entry is decidedly like a dessert wine, with powdered sugar, juicy apricot and peach, a slightly fiery finish (but my palate is oversensitive these days), with orange flower, cinnamon, and clove notes and great length. A come-hither baby, showing a very juicy and caressingly drinkable side that melts the heart and will prevent many from pursuing this wine through the twists and turns of maturing. Drink now through 2045. 97-98. (11.5 pabv.)
Both obtained prearrival from Rare Wine Co., California
2008 (from bottle previously Coravined, in Impitoyable}: Medium yellowish-amber. Reluctant tearing and sheeting but quite limpid. Redcurrant, linden leaf, and muskmelon quite prominent, over a neutral florality. Crisp acids and white tannins are followed by cumquat, but with any sweetness pushed into the background by somewhat of a witches' brew of immaturity. May also be made in a drier style. Finish tart but neutral, yet promising. Will be awkward drinking for a few years, unless you like the style. 93. Drink 2023- 2035. (12.5 pabv.)
2015 (Coravin, Impitoyable): Full gold-amber. More liberal Gothic tearing. Almost Riesling like peaches and fermentation aroma, with breaths of thyme flower, having some linden leaf underneath. Entry is decidedly like a dessert wine, with powdered sugar, juicy apricot and peach, a slightly fiery finish (but my palate is oversensitive these days), with orange flower, cinnamon, and clove notes and great length. A come-hither baby, showing a very juicy and caressingly drinkable side that melts the heart and will prevent many from pursuing this wine through the twists and turns of maturing. Drink now through 2045. 97-98. (11.5 pabv.)
Both obtained prearrival from Rare Wine Co., California