Domaine Huet L'Echansonne
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Domaine Huet L'Echansonne
Domaine Huet L'Echansonne is a prestigious wine producer located in the Loire Valley region of France. Founded in 1928 by Victor Huet, the winery is renowned for its exceptional Vouvray wines made from Chenin Blanc grapes.
The Loire Valley is known as the "Garden of France" and is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country. The region is also famous for its diverse terroir, which makes it an ideal location for producing a variety of high-quality wines. Domaine Huet is located in the village of Vouvray, which is situated on the right bank of the Loire River, and is known for its limestone soils that give the wines a unique mineral character.
The winery is currently run by the third-generation winemaker, Noël Pinguet, who has continued the legacy of producing exceptional wines that reflect the terroir of the region. Pinguet's dedication to organic and biodynamic farming practices has earned Domaine Huet L'Echansonne a reputation as one of the leading biodynamic wineries in the world.
The appellation of Vouvray is strictly dedicated to white wines made from Chenin Blanc grapes, known locally as Pineau de la Loire. This grape variety is highly versatile and can produce a range of styles from dry to sweet, making it a perfect match for the diverse terroir of the Loire Valley. At Domaine Huet, the wines are made using traditional methods, with minimal intervention in both the vineyard and the cellar. This allows the wines to express the unique characteristics of each vintage and terroir.
Domaine Huet L'Echansonne produces a range of wines, including sparkling, dry, and sweet Vouvray, all of which have received critical acclaim from wine critics and enthusiasts alike. The flagship wine of the estate, "Clos du Bourg," is made from the oldest vines of the estate and
Domaine Huet L'Echansonne
Domaine Huet is one of Vouvray's most historically significant estates, situated in the heart of the Loire Valley in the Touraine district of central France. The domaine has long been associated with biodynamic viticulture and produces wines exclusively from Chenin Blanc across several distinct vineyard sites, including Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont, and Clos du Bourg. It is one of the reference points against which Vouvray is measured.
Vouvray is an appellation defined entirely by Chenin Blanc, a grape capable of producing a remarkable range of styles, from bone-dry (sec) to off-dry (demi-sec) to fully sweet (moelleux), as well as sparkling wines. In sweet vintages, botrytis-affected grapes yield moelleux wines with high natural sugar levels balanced by Chenin Blanc's characteristic high acidity, giving them considerable aging potential. The Clos du Bourg is a walled vineyard plot regarded as one of the finest sites on the estate, planted on tuffeau-rich soils that give the wines both minerality and structure.
The 2009 Clos du Bourg Moelleux represents the sweeter end of Huet's production, from a warm, generous vintage that produced richly concentrated sweet wines across the Loire. Moelleux from a site like Clos du Bourg in a ripe year typically shows honeyed stone fruit, quince, and beeswax, underpinned by the bright acidity that allows such wines to develop over decades in bottle.