WTN: Chenin intervals

2009 Huet Le Mont Vouvray Sec
Takes a few hours to get going but then shows some really lovely elements. Rich golden layered fruit, aging and maturing but with bright mineral structure that reminds me of Le Mont. Fragrant rich and detailed. Well worth drinking.

2015 Foreau Vouvray Sec
I don’t drink much Foreau these days, but was happy to enjoy this bottle. I don’t love the appley flavors but everything else is perfect. Juicy elegant and mineral, with lots of 2015 fruit but poised and firm. And the particular cocktail of fruit and savory chalk aromas transport me directly to the Loire, so it has that whole space-time continuum thing going for it…

2021 Chidaine Les Choisilles Montlouis
So delicious. Juicy and succulent but also fresh herbal and racy. Even more vibrant than another glorious bottle from a few weeks ago. Plenty of modern flesh but still showing the elegance, grace and linear angles that I miss in the modern vintages. Too bad I don’t see this around anymore, so will see how the 2024 shows.

[David M. Bueker]

Glad your 2009 Huet showed well. I only have Demi-sec and the 1er trie, and to date every bottle has been badly oxidized.

Glad your 2009 Huet showed well. I only have Demi-sec and the 1er trie, and to date every bottle has been badly oxidized.

Wow. And you probably purchased yours on release? I bought an 09 Clos du Bourg sec last fall from CSW and it was oxidized mess. Put me off the gamble for a while, but decided to purchase this 09 Le Mont last week and it worked out well. But yes, I am very cautious about too much gambling!

Glad yours showed well. Looks like I have 09 LM and CdB sec, will try soon.
Just stumbled across forgotten 15 Foreau, but think demi.

Looks like I have 09 LM and CdB sec, will try soon..

I'm sure Sasha would say no hurry. Plenty of evolution left to come. But I suppose if you're curious about whether the bottles are still sound...