The Winery Gaston Huet of Vouvray of Loire Valley

Winery Gaston Huet - Le Haut Lieu Moelleux
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Vouvray in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Gaston Huet is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Vouvray to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gaston Huet wines

Looking for the best Winery Gaston Huet wines in Vouvray among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gaston Huet wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Gaston Huet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Gaston Huet

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Gaston Huet

How Winery Gaston Huet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of fresh tuna with sesame seeds, quiche lorraine or fried squid.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Gaston Huet

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Gaston Huet. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of orange peel, citrus fruit or tree fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Gaston Huet. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Gaston Huet

  • 1945With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1947With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1959With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1971With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Gaston Huet.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Vouvray

Vouvray is the most famous and most respected appellation of the Loire Valley's Touraine growing region. The title covers white wines of various styles (sweet wine, dry, still and sparkling), from eight villages around the medieval town of Vouvray, on the northern banks of the Loire river. Vouvray is the flagship wine of the Chenin Blanc grape (or Pineau de la Loire as it is known there), followed ever-closer by Savennieres and the sweet whites of Anjou. Few wine regions in the world use Chenin to the same extent.

None showcase the variety's aromas and flavors with such focus and diversity. South Africa's annual Chenin Blanc production far exceeds that of France. However only the very best South African Chenin Blancs have anything like the textural balance or aromatic depth of Vouvray. (© Copyright Wine-Searcher) One key characteristic of quality Vouvray wines is their remarkable long life.

Many bottles more than 30 years old often show stunning freshness and life. This is largely down to Chenin Blanc's naturally high level of acidity, which acts as a preservative and allows the wine to develop for decades. Also vital is Chenin's intense aromatic composition, which is sufficiently robust to survive extended ageing. In their youth Vouvrays are characterized by aromas of acacia blossom, quince and green apples.

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