Domaine Huet

Domaine Huet's three vineyard sites in Vouvray — Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont, and Clos du Bourg — are the best evidence that Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and age-worthy white grapes in the world. The estate has been farming these sites organically since the 1990s under Demeter certification, converting under the direction of Noël Pinguet, who managed the domaine for Gaston Huet's family for decades.

Vouvray sits on tuffeau limestone above the Loire, a chalky soil that retains moisture and produces wines of extraordinary minerality and acidity — the structural elements that allow Huet's wines to age for forty years or more and still be evolving. The estate produces across the full stylistic range: sec, demi-sec, and moelleux, as well as pétillant and perlant sparkling wines — all from the same three plots, all reflecting the same biodynamic farming standard.

The Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux has drawn 97 points from Wine Advocate and a Trophy at Decanter. But the dry wines may be the more revealing case: a Huet sec from a good vintage is one of the most undervalued wines in France by any objective comparison to Burgundy or Alsace at similar price points.

After Gaston Huet's death in 2002, the estate was acquired by Anthony Hwang, who has maintained the biodynamic standard and the farming philosophy without alteration.