Thanksgiving Domaine Huët Cru Vouvray: Sec & Demi-Sec Horizontals (Delivery to 12 Cities & Towns*)
Thanksgiving Domaine Huët Cru Vouvray: Sec & Demi-Sec Horizontals (Delivery to 12 Cities & Towns*)
Thanksgiving with Domaine Huët
For the true connoisseur, this rare set of Domaine Huet’s Vouvray wines showcases the best of Chenin Blanc with both dry and off-dry styles, perfect for a refined pairing experience or to store in your cellar for Thanksgivings to come. If you have the room for it, we highly recommend snagging these to age for Thanksgivings to come! Aged Vouvray from the tip-top producer in the region is phenomenal.
Since 1928, Domaine Huët has been synonymous with exceptional, age-worthy Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley’s Vouvray appellation. Known for producing some of the world’s most compelling white wines, Huët’s iconic single-vineyard crus—Le Haut-Lieu, Clos du Bourg, and Le Mont—shine in both sec (dry) and demi-sec (off-dry) expressions. These very special 3-bottle and 6-bottle sets showcase the best of Vouvray and are a true luxury offering for those seeking distinction at the holiday table.
What a treat to procure these wines and compare the single vineyard expressions from the same year. Or get the 6-bottle set and compare the sec and demi-sec from the same vineyards.
WINES IN THESE SETS:
Three 2023 Single Cru Sec:
2023 Domaine Huët, Le Haut-Lieu, Vouvray Sec
2023 Domaine Huët, Clos du Bourg, Vouvray Sec
2023 Domaine Huët, Le Mont, Vouvray Sec
Three 2022 Single Cru Demi-Sec:
Demi-sec will take you all the way through the meal, and the apple and pumpkin pie
2022 Domaine Huët, Le Haut-Lieu, Vouvray Demi-Sec
2022 Domaine Huët, Clos du Bourg Vouvray Demi-Sec
2022 Domaine Huët, Le Mont Sec, Vouvray Demi-Sec
Reach out to us to add more wines to your order, such as beautiful wines featured in any of our other sets.
ABOUT DOMAINE HUËT
Since its founding in 1928, Vouvray’s Domaine Huët has been the standard-bearer for great, age-worthy Chenin Blanc. And to this day, year after year, the estate produces some of the world’s most compelling white wines.
The domaine’s founder, Victor Huët, was a Parisian bistro owner. However, with lungs and nerves shattered by his experiences in WWI, Victor re-settled in the town of Vouvray. He soon purchased the first of his great vineyards, Le Haut-Lieu, in 1928, and Domaine Huët was born.
Victor’s son Gaston (born in 1910) worked with his father from the beginning and assumed full charge by 1937. With an obsessive devotion to quality and an engaging showman’s personality, Gaston built the Huët legacy over the next 55 years despite spending five years in a German POW camp during WWII. For all his salesmanship, Gaston understood clearly that quality must come first—and that quality started with great vineyards. His Haut-Lieu parcel, which lies on Vouvray’s “Première Côte” (or “first slope”), is home to virtually all of the appellation’s acknowledged grand cru vineyards.
As the estate prospered in the post-WWII era, Gaston secured two additional prime vineyards on the Première Côte that would ensure the domaine’s stature: Le Mont (purchased in 1957) and Clos du Bourg (farmed since 1953, purchased in 1963). Collectively, these three vineyards and the wines made from them are one of the main reasons that Huët is often considered the greatest of all Vouvray producers.
In 2002, with Gaston ailing, a financial partner was needed to ensure the continuation of the estate’s rich legacy. Anthony Hwang, a Filipino-born New York businessman, was brought into the partnership. Gaston passed away that year, but with Tony's security and enthusiasm, Noël Pinguet was able to continue Gaston’s important work until his retirement in 2009.
Today: The estate is now run by Benjamin Joliveau, a Vouvray native who started in 2009, working closely with both Jean-Bernard Berthomé, his veteran cellar team, coupled with the endless support and passion of second-generation siblings Sarah & Hugo Hwang, Domaine Huet may be making its most consistently great wines. The estate was also one of the earliest adopters of biodynamic practices (certified since 1993). With years of experience working with the appellation's greatest terroirs, the team at Huet is achieving the utmost level of transparency, purity, and knife-edged balance in the wines.
Our Elevated level showcases wines with incredible merit, complexity, long finish, balance, and distinction. We have tasted many fine wines recently and have chosen only those that we think are remarkable. Fine wines bring a higher price tag, but we think these wines are worth every penny. The wines we select for this level are very special, hard to find, and only available in small quantities.
MORE THANKSGIVING WINE SETS:
Explorer French Thanksgiving
Explorer Thanksgiving Celebration
Elevated Thanksgiving Collection
PLEASE NOTE
Purchasers must be 21 years of age or older and be present with an ID upon delivery.
The price includes 5.5% of Maine State's sales tax and Maine’s 15-cent deposit per bottle.
If your billing address differs from your delivery address, please include your delivery address in the comments section at checkout.
Delivery is by Wine Wise, not third-party carriers.
*We deliver to Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Foreside, Falmouth, Falmouth Foreside, Ocean Park, Old Orchard, Portland, Saco, Scarborough, South Portland, and Westbrook. We also deliver to Gorham, Cumberland Center, and Yarmouth for Wine Club members. We cannot ship.
