Les Hauts de Husseau
    Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

    Les Hauts de Husseau, 2019

    94/100
    Vinous
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    1. Organic

      2019

      6x75cl

      DP

      £152.74

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Crystalline green fruits on the nose. Sour apple and tangy limes. There's a veritable sense of vim and vigour to this electrifying cuvee as salty kiwi flavours collide with suggestions of chalk and verbena on the palate. Taut and dart like, but really measured with it too. Great incision, as you'd expect from the highest vines in the estate.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Rebecca Gibb,
    Vinous
    It's not Mont Blanc, but Les Hauts de Husseau is the highest point in the Montlouis appellation (at 90 meters in altitude), and so the local limestone is close to the surface, which is palpable in the chalky texture and fine line of the 2019. It comes from a cold site that's picked around a week and a half later than the domaine's other sites, but boy, is it worth the wait. It’s a little closed compared with its stablemates, but this is an exciting wine with underlying power that goes on and on, offering excellent distance. While there are subtle custard apple and crème caramel characters (likely a result of fermentation in old oak and extended time on fine lees), this is a wine whose most intriguing aspect is its texture and structure. There’s no hurry to drink this one.
    drinking window 2023 - 2032
    date of review 03/2021

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Loire
    Appellation:
    Montlouis
    Grape Variety:
    Chenin Blanc
    abv:
    12.5%

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