2022 Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec

The 2022 Le Mont Sec is a parcel of Chenin planted on clay with scattered flint, giving a certain tension to the style you certainly don`t find in the come-hither Clos du Bourg. Its supple, concentrated core of fruit sits within a framework of structure. Both acidity and phenolics add tension and sinew. While some natural residual sugar remains (5.5g/L residual sugar), this rounds out the palate and brings balance - it`s near-as-dammit dry in its impression and technically dry under Vouvray`s rules. I`d like to see this with a little more bottle age as, compared with, say, Clos du Bourg, this isn`t yet ready to approach but should blossom. 95 points