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Domaine Huet: 2009 vintage update, climate change & leaf plucking
Only last week I posted notes on my first taste of the 2009 vintage Huet Vouvrays, samples of which I tasted at the Salon in Angers with winemaker Noel Pinguet (pictured) - see here. That was at the beginning of February and the wines are now in bottle. I’ve not tasted them but I know a man who [...]
Continue reading...Two skinny Loire stars: French Connection Classics Saumur Champigny 2008 & Huet Vouvray Le Mont Demi-sec 2002
Posted Monday 4th January 2010
The New Year ushers in a fiscal tightening of the belt and resolutions of the type aimed at tightening actual belts, so how about a cut price, trophy-winning red which weighs in at a feather-weight 12.5%? French Connection Classics Saumur Champigny 2008 is made by Eric Laurent, the gifted winemaker at the Cave de Saumur, [...]
Continue reading...Domaine Huet’s 2008 releases – a triumph over adversity & an excuse for a Demi-sec vertical
Posted Monday 28th December 2009
During September, I had a fantastic run of vertical tastings – De Bortoli Noble One, Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier, Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay and Shiraz. As if things could not get any better, Noel Pinguet (pictured), Domaine Huet’s winemaker, arrived in town to show off no less than 10 different vintages of Huet’s Demi-sec Vouvray, [...]
Continue reading...Eating humble pie
Posted Monday 31st August 2009
August has been the humble pie season and I’ve had a double-helping! First, I said I’d never blog and here I am, writing my first blog! Second, I ditched my street cred, borrowed Sir Cliff Richard’s biography from my local library (really!) and headed out to his Algarve winery, Adega do Cantor, for an uncorked/unplugged [...]
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Posted Friday 2nd July 2010
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