Perched on the Première Côte, just above the town of Vouvray, Clos du Bourg is a monopole and generally regarded as the greatest of the three Huet single vineyards. It has been farmed by the domaine since 1953 and was purchased in 1963. Arguably the region’s greatest vineyard, Clos du Bourg makes some of Europe's most powerful, thrilling and long-lived white wines. With only one metre of topsoil over solid limestone, the vines immediately tap into the mineral resources underfoot. The warmth of the site, combined with the mineral complexion of the soils, results in rich, long-lived wines that seem to effortlessly combine intense, charged minerality with generous texture and concentration.
Critic Reviews
93 POINTS
Yohan Castaing - Robert Parker Wine Advocate
With 17 grams per liter of residual sugar and a pH of 3.21, the 2023 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec is perfectly balanced, wafting from the glass with a complex, delicate bouquet of mint, flowers, white fruits and ripe orchard fruits interwoven with lovely spicy notes. Medium- to full-bodied and gourmand without being too simple, it's enveloping with a fleshy core of fruit, a sweet mid-palate that concludes with a long, ethereal finish. Pure and delicate, this is a nicely crafted demi-sec.
93 POINTS
Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com
The aromas of floral honey, cashew nuts and butter are married to a brioche character reminiscent of good Champagne, but this is completely still. On the medium-bodied palate, the interplay of honeyed creaminess and elegant acidity is enchanting, the wine gliding over your palate. Long, supple finish. From biodynamically grown grapes.
Rebecca Gibb MW - Vinous
The 2023 Vouvray Sec Clos du Bourg Sec is a bit muted at this stage, but this tasting is only three weeks after bottling. It's also closed on the palate and needs time to come around. This isn't where it ought to be. The concentration is there, and the classic amplitude and curves are there with a super line and frame, but it just needs to get over its bottle shock. I'm going to come back to this wine in a couple of months.
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Tasting Notes
Perched on the Première Côte, just above the town of Vouvray, Clos du Bourg is a monopole and generally regarded as the greatest of the three Huet single vineyards. It has been farmed by the domaine since 1953 and was purchased in 1963. Arguably the region’s greatest vineyard, Clos du Bourg makes some of Europe's most powerful, thrilling and long-lived white wines. With only one metre of topsoil over solid limestone, the vines immediately tap into the mineral resources underfoot. The warmth of the site, combined with the mineral complexion of the soils, results in rich, long-lived wines that seem to effortlessly combine intense, charged minerality with generous texture and concentration.