[TN] Vouvray

Mein Herr, YOU are the psychiatrist, who should we be calling here, Dr. Freud?

Demi-sex, there's a marketing campaign in the making. You should copyright it...

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How does one get into demi-sex? One sings "Voulez vous Vouvray avec moi, ce soir..."

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Now now Herr Tommasi, not to be agitated, chust relax on der couch ... Now Herr Tommasi, please to lie back und remember ven You vere a small child ...

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

I like Vouvray petillant, but that's a lot older than I would usually try. I think 8-10 after vintage is the sweet spot, the '95 Huet is drinking beautifully now. Nice notes,.

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Thank you. I am new to Vouvray - well, rather new, had some in my foolish youth and thought them incredibly acidic, bitter and unrelentingly awful. SInce "my foolish youth" would put us in the mid to late 60s, I would have to assume that they have changed. I nderstand Huet is the top of the line in Vouvray. Will look form some mature ones on the auctions, I really like Chenin blanc as a rule so why not Vouvray?

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

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For some reason I didn't get a feed on the first part of this thread, I hope I'm on point.

Foreau is also a very good Vouray producer. Montlouis is right across the river from Vouray. Chidaine makes some pretty nice wines there.

John

While Foreau, Pinon, Pichot, Aubissieres (sp?), Poniatowski etc have fans, I can't think of another appellation where there is as much agreement as to who is "king" as for Huet in Vouvray. Stunning wines dating back to '20s (maybe teens?).

But as I noted, I think the sparkling wines are best at 10 or so (of course, I'm not a huge fan of old Champagne either). Ditto the secs. I think the demi-secs' hit their stride at 15-20 in good vintages (but can last much longer)_, and the stickies are basically immortal.

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Here I am in the happy position of being informative. Vouvray started in

1921, that is when the oldest wines made under that name were ... er ... made.

Dunno - I have had some good old Champers - dating back to late 50s. Did once spot a (forgot producer) vintage 1947 which according to auction info had been present at the after coronation dinner of Missy Queen, i e Bessi the Second. Made a halfhearted attempt but somebody was willing to bid into geo-synchronous orbit. Pity.

AAgreed whole-heartedly concerning Loire stickies.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

Nils, while it might not have been made under the Vouvray appellation, Huet did a rerelease a few years ago of the 1919 Le Haut Lieu.

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