Touraine
Touraine is famous for the Cabernet Francs of Bourgueil, Chinon and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, as well as for the dry, sweet and sparkling Chenin Blanc wines of Vouvray and Montlouis. The bulk of the region's wines are produced under the Sauvignon de Touraine appellation, a good-value Loire Sauvignon Blanc produced on sandy, undulating clay flats between the Cher and Indre tributaries.
Bottle
£11.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (spring 2019)
Bottle
£12.25
Bottle 12 x 75cl 63cs
Bottle
£15.25
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2019)
Bottle
£21.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs
Adam Bruntlett, Buyer (summer 2018)
Bottle
£22.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
Bottle
£24.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Half-btl
£51.00
Half-btl 12 x 37.5cl 2cs
Burnished gold in colour, the nose is full of spiced orange, cloves, a touch of quince and lemon rind, and hints of anise. This wine is lovely and mouth-filling and yet has surprisingly high acidity and a dryness that gives the wine a beautiful mouth-watering snap.
Half-btl
£100.00
A big, deep, rich honeyed bouquet leaps from the glass. The palate is, unsurprisingly, youthful, but is also wonderfully luscious. There’s plenty of sweet, mouth-filling fruit and enough acidity to make one involuntarily drool. Drink it now or tuck away for decades.
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 26cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
An intense gold colour, there is plenty on offer on the nose: lanolin, caramel and apple crumble to name but a few notes. Gloriously honeyed on the palate, there is a streak of vibrant freshness that stops any cloying sweetness. The finish is incredibly long and persistent. Wonderful!
Bottle
£140.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
This is a jam-packed glassful with waxy lemons and fresh orange peel on the nose, then a bitter toffee character. The combination of ripe nectarine sweetness with refreshing acidity delivers a perfectly judged and beautifully balanced wine. Quite simply, you can taste the care taken in producing this wine.
Bottle
£140.68
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 12cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 2cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Half-btl
£150.00
Half-btl 12 x 37.5cl 5cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Chris Pollington, Account Manager
First things first – 1989 is a stunning vintage, one of the best in the 20th Century for the Huet wines. Essai relates to a 1ha vineyard parcel of Le Clos du Bourg which the Huet family decided to apply biodynamic principles. There is a distinctly greater level of development and general largesse to the palate here over the ‘usual’ 1989 Moelleux. This is an expansive and mouth filling wine, lusciously sweet and tropical this has decades of age ahead of it but perfectly balanced meaning it can be enjoyed now. .
Gary Owen, Account Manager
Bottle
£160.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£225.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum
£420.00
Magnum 1 x 150cl 65cs
Bottle
£465.00
Bottle
£535.00
Fine Wine Team
There was a much smaller quantity of the 1945 wines made due to frosts for eight days in May. It would seem this concentrated the quality and the finest rounds of natural selection took place as what was left has made astonishingly fantastic wine. The nose is a tumult of preserved and lightly caramelised lemons. Beneath this there is layer upon layer of complex white nuts and subtle dairy, almost creaminess framed by a focussed subtle dryness.
Gary Owen, Account Manager
Bottle
£565.00
Bottle
£610.00
Bottle
£10,000.00
Tasting it from bottle in early March 2014 it possesses an implacable, rich feel and sense of 'fond'/undercarriage that in my view is the mark of a top wine. The new oak used for their inugural 2009 vintage has been relaced by something far more refined, supporting the wine's intrinsic red cherry kirsch richness. Still a baby, but a pretty one at that. Look forward to watching it grow. Best tucked away for a couple of years yet before broaching.
David Berry Green
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
1989 Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Moelleux, Domaine Huet
1989 Vouvray, Le Mont Moelleux, Première Trie, Domaine Huet
1989 Vouvray, Le Mont, Moelleux, Fin Pressée, Domaine Huet
1989 Vouvray, Le Clos du Bourg, Moelleux Essai, Domaine Huet
1989 Vouvray, Haut Lieu, Moelleux, Première Trie, Domaine Huet
Assrt x 6 1 x 450cl 1cs
Assrt x 6 1 x 450cl 1cs
It is capacious and opulent but as with all Huet wines it is delineated, refreshing and wonderfully enjoyable. This wine verges on being the perfect desert wine, complex enough to stand up on its own and dominate the table and conversation, but also with the ability to complement a whole range of dishes. .
Gary Owen, Account Manager
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Drinking brilliantly now, and for the next two years.
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2018)