Huët Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec 2022

95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Domaine Huët’s 2022 le Haut Lieu Demi-Sec is a gorgeous young wine. The wine offers up a beautifully refined and nascently complex aromatic constellation of sweet quince, apple, bee pollen, white lilies, orange blossoms and a refined base of chalky soil tones. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and fairly reticent out of the blocks, with a superb core of fruit, stunning soil inflection, zesty acids and laser-like focus on the long, pure and impeccably balanced finish. Historically, this bottling would always offer up a few years of early generosity before closing down for a period of hibernation, so I would expect it to continue to blossom over the next year or two and offer a window in which to drink it with great pleasure in its youth, before shutting down again for a while. The extraordinary backend lift and purity from start to finish clearly indicate that this is a great, great young vintage of le Haut Lieu Demi-Sec. 2023-2085. (Jul/Aug 2023)"

95 points Rebecca Gibb, MW (Vinous): "The 2022 Le Mont Demi-Sec is less fruity and charming than, say, Clos du Bourg; its tension and line come from its flinty terroir. Despite its 21g/L residual sugar, it retains a sense of tautness without being totally linear. Radish and pear notes linger on the long finish. This is grown-up demi-sec. Drink: 2024-2038. (Oct 2023)"

95 points La Revue du Vin de France: "Let's continue with the demi-sec from Le Mont. With the same purity, the sweetness of the residual sugars underlines the saltiness of this pure, dynamic white, beautifully stretched on the finish. (2024)"

94 points Wine Spectator: "This has the structure and bitter-edged minerality to carry its weight and ripeness, with beeswax and white tea notes that overlay crunchy orchard fruit and pink grapefruit with peppery spice notes woven in. A lot of savory detail and acidity makes this superbalanced and very food-friendly. Drink now through 2035. 1,200 cases made. (11/30/23)"