2005 Domaine Huet Haut Lieu Vouvray Petillant Brut

Bright straw with a delicate bead. Intensely perfumed, spicy bouquet displays pear skin, nectarine, honeysuckle and mace, along with a strong mineral undertone. Nervy and precise on the palate, offering lively citrus and orchard fruit flavors and a deeper note of peach pit. The floral quality echoes on the long, spicy, impressively precise finish. This will age and I'd love to stack it up against scores of Champagnes at anywhere near this price.