Been having a bit of a clear out of some older white wine that I have in stock. Here's one we had over the bank holiday weekend, it was sublime! From the famous house of Gaston Huet in the Loire Valley of France it's made with Chenin Blanc grapes (probably more widely known these days as a South African varietal) This grape has it's "spiritual home" in the Loire and originated there, i.e. they know what they're doing with it and this bottle was exceptional. The Wine smacks you around the chops with apple and pear flavours and tastes almost sweet on the tongue initially, however, after a second or so it does a weird schizophrenic trick and dries out as it disappears down the throat leaving a lovely finish of honey flavours. A totally compelling wine and even better for the 20 years of age it has, brilliant.
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