Savennières, Clos de la Hutte, 2021
Historically regarded as one of the regions finest vineyards sitting on 100% pure schist soils, Thibaud replanted his 2.6 hectares back in 2011, with a range of Chenin Blanc clones. The 2021 offers lots of complexity and power with remarkable finesse and harmony. A touch of smoke welcomes you into the glass which opens-up to notes of nectarine, apricot, and citrus. The palate is ripe and concentrated with a firmly focused steely, mineral driven core.
critic reviews
The 2021 Savennières Clos de la Hutte is never the most aromatic, but after a year in bottle, it is starting to reveal a little more of its true self—but only just. It remains a tight cloud of wine that blossoms in the mouth, seamless and round. It possesses excellent texture, substance and richness yet manages it in a not-heavy manner. Nectarine and tangerine fruit flavors linger on the textured finish, which holds the mouth with an assured clasp. This is still not yet ready to drink, but its quality is there to see. It just needs more time to come out from its hiding place; just be a little more patient, if you can.
Matured with 30% new oak, the 2021 Savennieres Clos de la Hutte was made with grapes grown in clay topsoil with schists. It exhales a perfumed, precise bouquet with aromas of pineapple, lemon oil, spring flowers and spices. The full-bodied, seamless and layered, crystalline and pure, concentrated and mineral palate has a delicate core of fruit and a tense, saline finish. This pristine wine represents the essence of this great terroir.