- Producer
- Huet
- Grape variety
- Chenin Blanc
- Region
- Loire
- Country
- France
- Vintage
- 2015
- Alcohol
- 11.5 % vol
- Volume
- 0.5 l
- Item no.
- 9950401172
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Cuvée Constance 2015 500ml
The Cuvée Constance 2015 is a lusciously sweet Chenin Blanc from Domaine Huet in Vouvray, bottled only in exceptional years since 1989.
CHF 172.00
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About this wine
Character
A lusciously sweet Chenin Blanc from Vouvray, intense and vital yet composed and serene. In the glass, pure, radiant gold, clear and bright, with a subtly oily texture. The nose reveals rhubarb meringue tart on crisp puff pastry, tarte Tatin, figs candied in acacia honey, toasted pine nuts and Montélimar nougat with dates in brioche.
Terroir and origin
Domaine Huet has worked Chenin Blanc in Vouvray on the Loire since 1928, a grape known here as the vine of moonlight. Three vineyard sites on the Première Côte form the estate's foundation: Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Clos du Bourg. Limestone and clay shape the minerality, with Le Mont lying directly above the estate's historic tuffeau cellars.
Grape variety and vinification
The Cuvée Constance is made only when botrytis takes hold of the grapes, a decision left to the weather rather than the winemaker. It is aged in neutral vessels in the estate's deep rock-cut cellars, at constant temperature and with plenty of time. The wine has 11.5% ABV.
On the palate
Dense and full-bodied, with great aromatic power. A delicate acidity lends lift to the pronounced sweetness and keeps the wine in motion. The finish lingers long, with the aromas returning and fading one after another.
Food pairings
Pan-seared calf's liver and consommé with candied apples and onions. With cheese, baked goat cheese with sweet tomato jam and walnuts. For dessert, strawberry-ricotta cream with basil ice cream.
Special features
Since 1989, Domaine Huet has bottled the Cuvée Constance only in exceptional years, and it regularly ranks among the greatest sweet wines in the world. Gaston Huet introduced biodynamic farming in the late 1980s, and the entire estate has been Demeter-certified since 1993. Bottled in the 500ml format.
