TN: 2005 Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec

J

Jay Miller

Jay Miller
From 375

Not quite as expressive as a year ago, but it's still a lovely medium bodied drink. Pit fruit and citrus and chalk.
 
Last tried two weeks ago. Somewhat angry right now, but I'm willing to try reconciliation in 5-10 years.

Best,
John/Tenbrooks
 
on a parallel path, i've been enjoying a 'taille aux loups' montlouis sur loire sec 'les dix arpents' 2005 from jacky blot. similar in profile, but maybe just a bit less than medium-bodied. as lovely as spring-time rain-water. a dewy morning meadow back-lit with buzzy bugs and perhaps a damsel running to meet moi.
 
I don't drink Jacky Blot wines every vintage, so I don't know about all their vineyards/cuvees, but they are usually a bit softer than Huet, no?
 
originally posted by robert ames:
spring-time rain-water.
Click to expand...

I've been out of touch with the Taille aux loups wines for a few years, but the "rain-water" descriptor you mention has been what I use, broadly speaking, to tell Montlouis from Vouvray,
 
rahsaan--i don't drink enough huet and jacky blot to say definitive things about their differences, but i've recently had from huet both an '02 demi sec (don't remember the vineyard) and an '04 sec (le mont). this '05 dix arpents i'm working on is certainly lighter than either huet, but in keeping with the terry theise approach to loving wine--"Beauty is more important than impact.
Harmony is more important than intensity."--i am leaning towards being keen on the wine even though it would pale in the propwash of a huet vouvray.
 
rahsaan--i don't drink enough huet and jacky blot to say definitive things about their differences, but i've recently had from huet both an '02 demi sec (don't remember the vineyard) and an '04 sec (le mont). this '05 dix arpents i'm working on is certainly lighter than either huet, but in keeping with the terry theise approach to loving wine--"Beauty is more important than impact.
Harmony is more important than intensity."--i am leaning towards being keen on the wine even though it would pale in the propwash of a huet vouvray.
 
rahsaan--i don't drink enough huet and jacky blot to say definitive things about their differences, but i've recently had from huet both an '02 demi sec (don't remember the vineyard) and an '04 sec (le mont). this '05 dix arpents i'm working on is certainly lighter than either huet, but in keeping with the terry theise approach to loving wine--"Beauty is more important than impact.
Harmony is more important than intensity."--i am leaning towards being keen on the wine even though it would pale in the propwash of a huet vouvray.
 
in keeping with the terry theise approach to loving wine--"Beauty is more important than impact.
Harmony is more important than intensity."--i am leaning towards being keen on the wine even though it would pale in the propwash of a huet vouvray.
Click to expand...

All good points, but let's not characterize Huet as boorish wines that rely on impact and intensity.

Of course one can't drink Huet all the time and there are plenty of other intepretations of chenin worth drinking. I haven't often considered Jacky Blot one of those other options (given my time limitations and all the wine out there I want to drink), but will try to keep an open mind (and palate).
 
sorry, no backhanded complement intended regarding huet. i buy all the buet i can afford, and use every ounce of willpower to leave it alone as long as i can. my point was that even though the jacky blot was comparatively light as a feather, it is a really beautiful feather.

i still have 1 bottle haut lieu demi-sec 1996 and 1 bottle 1er trie moelloux clos du bourg 1996 that i bought at huet in 1999. any thoughts on when each of these should be consumed?
 
sorry, no lefthanded complement intended regarding huet. i buy all the buet i can afford, and use every ounce of willpower to leave it alone as long as i can. my point was that even though the jacky blot is comparatively light as a feather, it is a really beautiful feather.

i still have 1 bottle haut lieu demi-sec 1996 and 1 bottle 1er trie moelloux clos du bourg 1996 that i bought at huet in 1999. any thoughts on when each of these should be consumed?
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
I haven't often considered Jacky Blot one of those other options (given my time limitations and all the wine out there I want to drink), but will try to keep an open mind (and palate).
Click to expand...

I always thought Jacky Blot was a made up Dressner character. Yet another illusion shattered by the move to WD.
 
sorry, no lefthanded complement intended regarding huet. i buy all the buet i can afford, and use every ounce of willpower to leave it alone as long as i can. my point was that even though the jacky blot is comparatively light as a feather, it is a really beautiful feather.

i still have 1 bottle haut lieu demi-sec 1996 and 1 bottle 1er trie moelloux clos du bourg 1996 that i bought at huet in 1999. any thoughts on when each of these should be consumed?
 
originally posted by robert ames:
sorry, no lefthanded complement intended regarding huet. i buy all the buet i can afford, and use every ounce of willpower to leave it alone as long as i can. my point was that even though the jacky blot is comparatively light as a feather, it is a really beautiful feather.

i still have 1 bottle haut lieu demi-sec 1996 and 1 bottle 1er trie moelloux clos du bourg 1996 that i bought at huet in 1999. any thoughts on when each of these should be consumed?
Click to expand...

1996 LHL demi should be gorgeous anytime over the next 30 years. CDB 1er is a bigger beast. I'm sure it's very tasty now, but I would be giving those another decade if you can hold off.
 
Just had the '96 CdB 1er trie - it's showing surprisingly (to me) well now, but still hasn't developed that much. So it doesn't need more time, but I think patience will be rewarded.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top