2010 Domaine Huet Le Haut-Lieu

My husband opened up this 2010 Domaine Huet Le Haut-Lieu to pair with a delicious fish in parchment paper that he made with the fresh fish that we scored from our friend "the hunter". One of the reasons that we are growing Chenin Blanc is that we totally fell in love with Domaine Huet. This particular wine comes from the Le Haut-Lieu vineyard. The Haut-Lieu parcel lies on Vouvray’s “Première Côte,” or “first slope,” and is home to virtually all of the appellation’s acknowledged grand cru vineyards. The color of this wine in the glass was a clear gold and the aromas that emanated from the glass was a honeyed lemon. The flavor, yumm, just exquisite and paired so well with the fish.

We have tasted the 2010s from the three vineyards, Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Clos du Bourg. Here is what the Rare Wine Company wrote about Domaine Huet vineyards:
          "Each of Huet’s three iconic vineyards imparts a different signature           to its wine. Le Haut-Lieu’s deep limeston-clay soil produces wines           that typically blossom early. Le Mont has less clay and more stone,           yielding young wines of intense minerality. With age, Le Mont cuvées           develop great length and finesse. And due to its extremely shallow,           stony soils, Clos du Bourg often synthesizes Le Mont’s intense           minerality with Le Haut-Lieu’s generous texture."