garnished by hints of sage

This border-line massive effort will require the better part of a decade to reach its full potential but should be well worth the wait as the underlying material is most impressive

round and fruity

The 2007 Alabaster came from pre-phylloxera vines yielding a miniscule half ton of fruit per acre

Huet, Vouvray Bourg Moelleux Vintage:2009 garnished by hints of sageIn its 21st year now, the dark golden yellow colored 2002 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux opens with a pure and complex, charmingly aromatic and precise bouquet of porridge, ripe stone fruits, crushed (lime ) stones and lemon zest aromas. Round and generous but also elegant and refined on the palate, this is a pretty sweet but also saline, vital and finely spicy, even tannic Vouvray with a long, saline and aromatic finish with ripe and stewed stone