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2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Friday 18 September 2009

Huet: buying a 1970 and their new tasting area

Domaine Huet: the new tasting area – the offices are above (CRM - all pics save Pauillac)


While I was visiting Laurent Bonneau in Chançay (report to appear shortly I hope), CRM dropped in to Domaine Huet's cellars on the Rue de la Croix Buisée to buy a birthday present for a friend about to be 60. She selected a 1970 Clos du Bourg Moelleux. Normally the cellars need a day to prepare the bottle – clean it up, as the cellars are humid, and then label it. As we were away to Bordeaux the next day Johan kindly offered to get the bottle ready immediately.

The cache of 1947 Haut-Lieu – sadly not that one!

1970 Le Clos du Bourg Moelleux

Johan preparing the label

Affixing the label

1970 Clos du Bourg Moelleux

All boxed up

1970 Le Clos du Bourg in Pauillac with the birthday boy

See report here of the pre-60th birthday dinner in Pauillac cooked by Hugo Naon, talented chef about to open a restaurant in Bordeaux.

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Report on the Huet tasting in London (16th September 2009) featuring 2008 and a vertical of demi-sec back to 1949 now complete here.

3 comments:

TWG said...

'49 wasn't a good year? I thought about the '59 this year but figured it was foolish to blow one's birthday budget on one bottle.

Jim's Loire said...

1849 was a very good vintage, along with 1945 amd 1947 with 1947 being the best and most famous.

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