Winery Gaston Huet - Le Haut Lieu Moelleux

Winery Gaston HuetLe Haut Lieu Moelleux

4.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Le Haut Lieu Moelleux of Winery Gaston Huet is a sweet wine from the region of Vouvray of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Le Haut Lieu Moelleux of the Winery Gaston Huet is in the top 10 of wines of Vouvray.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Le Haut Lieu Moelleux of Winery Gaston Huet in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of minerality, apricot or mushroom and sometimes also flavors of raisin, toasty or honey.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gaston Huet's Le Haut Lieu Moelleux.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
11.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.

Last vintages of this wine

Le Haut Lieu Moelleux - 1959
In the top 10 of of Vouvray wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Le Haut Lieu Moelleux - 1947
In the top 10 of of Vouvray wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Le Haut Lieu Moelleux - 1945
In the top 10 of of Vouvray wines
Average rating: 4.811110.5

The best vintages of Le Haut Lieu Moelleux from Winery Gaston Huet are 1945, 1947, 1959

Informations about the Winery Gaston Huet

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Vouvray in the region of Loire Valley

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

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 6000 of of France wines
In the top 20 of of Vouvray wines
In the top 750 of sweet wines
In the top 25000 wines of the world

The wine region of Vouvray

100% Chenin Blanc on the tuffeau slopes of Touraine: a unique stylistic palette from sparkling brut to botrytised sweet. Taut, straight dry with notes of green apple, citrus and chalk. Round, honeyed off-dry with ripe fruits. Opulent sweet and luscious wines with aromas of quince, honey and fruit paste from late harvest or noble rot.


The wine region of Loire Valley

Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.

The word of the wine: Mutage

The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.

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