Philippe Foreau’s 2020 Vouvray Moelleux “Goutte d’Or” from Domaine du Clos Naudin is an ultra-rare sweet Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley’s Vouvray AOC. Clos Naudin is a long-established estate—founded in 1910 and run by Philippe Foreau since 1983—and the Goutte d’Or bottling is made only in exceptional years. In fact, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate frames 2020 as a landmark: “This is the fifth vintage produced after the 1947, 1990, 2011 and 2015.”

The headline is the critical reception. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate awarded a perfect **100 points**, calling the wine “simply stunning” and, later, “a monumental wine—an extraordinary achievement.” That is as strong an endorsement as the modern fine-wine market offers, and it positions the 2020 among the estate’s most consequential releases.

In the glass, the Wine Advocate note emphasizes both richness and clarity. Aromatically, it leads with “dates, quince, ripe orchard fruits, exotic fruits, spices and floral undertones.” On the palate it is described as “full-bodied, concentrated and profoundly dense,” yet “remarkably balanced,” with a “powerful yet seamless mid-palate” that is “both fleshy and deep.” The finish is a key feature: it “crescendos into a long, ethereal and seemingly endless finish” marked by “ripe orchard fruits and spring blossoms.”

Sweetness is clearly central to the style, and the Wine Advocate quantifies it: “With 240 grams of residual sugar,” underscoring that this is a decidedly moelleux-to-lusciously sweet Vouvray built for slow sipping and long aging. Despite that scale, the review repeatedly returns to balance and seamlessness, suggesting a wine designed as much around structure and persistence as outright sweetness.