Domaine Huet Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux 2005 (Museum Release)

Whilst 2005 was not a prodigious year for botrytis, there were some superb, concentrated and minerally Moelleux produced thanks to the dry, warm conditions at harvest. Anyone who has enjoyed the 2005 Cuvée Constance from this producer will need no convincing. This isn't an unctuous sweet wine you can stand your spoon up in, instead the balance is pinpoint, the palate so fine and pure and complex—with citrus rind, bees wax and floral notes—and the finish crisp and refreshing. Lovely at 20 years of age, but can easily go another decade or two! It was bottled in 2006 with 52.2 g/L of residual sugar and a total acidity of 4.2 g/l.