Gros Richebourg parcel in Veroilles)

Patience strongly advised

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

and tends to soften the differences between vintages

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

Huet, Vouvray Bourg Moelleux Vintage:2009 Gros Richebourg parcel in Veroilles)In 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