Anyone with news on the 2nd release of '02 Huet Petillant - now with bonus tasting note

01 Huet and 06 CRB elsewhere; 05 Puzelat, Lavinia. I will continue to source the last there for some time, with great pleasure.

But I do wonder about the CRB Sauvignon. 06 is unbalanced and not my great fave; wish we had other options currently, because in other vintages, it is like unto crack cocaine.
 
'01 Huet fizz reached the US after the first '02 release. And seems to be the vintage currently in stores here.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
How is the 01 BTW?
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I think you'll find notes on it with the search, but it is in line with its vintage. A leaner package than 2002, but attractive.

2002 is crazy good, though.

01's good. It need much more time than the first release of 02 thought. It spent much more time on the lees, so i believe it would evolve nicely for another 50 years or so? what do say joe? in your experience, aren't the wines that have had an extending aging on the lees do very well on the long run?
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originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
No way. They go downhill faster.
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so if i understand well, long time on the lees impacts the flavor of the wines when they are young, and they fall apart sooner?
why would every champagne houses age their wines on the lees for so long then?
 
The consensus of my champagne expert buddies (in addition to Ms Bowman) is that RD champagnes need to be drunk quickly after disgorgement.

My experience with Vouvray fizz from '34 or '37 has been exceptional, and I understand those to have been postwar disgorgements.

So maybe chenin is different?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
Sources say the 2nd tranche of 2002 Petillant is moving towards disgorgement this winter.

Sources further confirm that the wine is likely to see some dosage (there was talk earlier of a non-dose version), but a very light one using 2002 Le Mont demi-sec. The earlier release used moelleux from the same source.

Stay tuned to your WD station for further updates.
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Flash news of controversy in Vouvray!

Dosage source for 2002 Petillant still unconfirmed at this time.

More after our commercial break.
 
Francois Pinon analogizes the 2001 vintage generally to the '64s, btw, and I agree with him to the extent that's meaningful.

The relevance of that is that the '64 Petillant from Huet has drunk beautifully for more than a decade of my frequent experience, and is only fading now because the corks are failing.

So Guilhaume is probably on to something with his remarks about '01 needing a little time.
 
Suspect RDs have less total acidity, which is why they fall apart faster. Certainly the hoi polloi versions like Bolly do.
 
I thought the question was about extended lees aging, not recently disgorged wine. Does RD have something to do with extended aging on lees?
 
Never mind, I figured it out myself.
Here is a good link if anyone else was confused like me.

Aging Champagnes

Didier Depond, general manager of Champagne Salon: "We can keep a wine a very long time on the lees, but the trade off is that the longer it has rested on the lees, the faster it ages after disgorgement"
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by SFJoe:
My experience with Vouvray fizz from '34 or '37 has been exceptional...
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Oh, sure. And all you do is keep trotting out the '64 for us laymen.
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Am I the only one on the planet with a credit card or something?
 
Anybody ever hear of the Pluckemin Inn Wine Shop in Bedminster, NJ?

Brad, they have the '21 on their website.
 
originally posted by Tom Glasgow:
Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux Le Haut-Lieu 1re Trie 1921, it's acacdemic but is this sparkling?
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No, can't be both sparkling and Moelleux.

But it's awfully good.
 
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