Loire, France. Chenin blanc. 13%. Cork. Approx $A65.A day of strange fruit, once exotic spices and beautiful wine. To start a few hasty sips of the 2011 Grosset Springvale Riesling. In passing it resembles the Johnno Semillon - that sensation of powder, fluffiness and flowers, though there is more grip and the back half is flavoured with slightly bitter citrus pith. The Huet is nominally dry (sec) and as you would expect of something exquisite it is hard to adequately capture. It feels sweet, but the the final sensation, long after the wine has left the mouth is of dry river stones and a lingering sting of bright acidity. It smells as you might expect, musk, mustard fruit, a puff of sulfur. . . it's electric in the mouth, that impressions of sweetness - strongest at the beginning (could it have been the preceding wine) is soon replaced by minerals and under ripe stonefruit - that suggestion of green and sap cut with intense acidity not yet attenuated with age and sugar. 93+ Now - 2022
6 comments:
What are the fruit in the picture?
Jesse,
Mangosteen, one of the most beautiful of fruit. Hard woody shell, which you have to cut or squeeze to break, inside it is red and pink, and very staining if you are not careful. The flesh of the fruit inside is pale white and it is in segments. Hard to describe the taste, I think some call it lemonade, which is close, but not quite right.
Love mangosteens!
Alex,
I'm a late convert, but agree, they are superb - for the eyes, hand and mouth.
I have the demi-sec but all the notes I've read indicate it should be cellared still.
Chaim,
A combination of bad planning ( I have no more new release whites to try ) and curiosity led to this early opening. As you say it will live a long time, growing in beauty no doubt.
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