2013-CHÂTEAU-DOISY-DAËNE-2ème-Cru-Classé-Barsac

CHÂTEAU DOISY DAËNE

2015 2ème Cru Classé Barsac

Colour White
Origin France, Bordeaux
Village Barsac
Classification 2ème Cru Classé
ABV 13%

The 2015 Doisy-Daëne has a very refined bouquet, extremely pure with honey, white flowers, touches of quince and beeswax. This is classy, refined and sophisticated. The palate is very well defined with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and vibrant with a precise and quite persistent finish that is very classy. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting. Drinking range: 2021 - 2040 Rating: 96 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jul 2019)


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The 2015 Doisy-Daëne is compellingly beautiful. Beams of crushed rocks, petrol, lime and white flowers give the 2015 distinct Riesling-like inflections. Candied citrus, passion fruit and a host of more tropically-leaning notes develop in the glass. Creamy, textured and yet also light on its feet, the 2015 is a wine of total precision and class. Drinking range: 2020 - 2035 Rating: 95 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2018)

A very fresh and elegant style, but this is no lightweight. Rather, it’s got a long, very focused finish with some minerality that’s really uplifting. I love the bright candied-lemon character on the nose. This is already beautifully balanced, but only just beginning to open up. Should keep for several decades if properly cellared. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Feb 2018)

The straight Doisy-Daëne is less sweet than the Extravagant bottling (see above), with 136 grams of sugar, and is Semillon, as opposed to Sauvignon-based. Typically refreshing and well balanced with the classic Barsac acidity complementing the peach and apricot fruit, this is delicate, perfumed and stylishly oaked. Drinking range: 2018 - 2028 Rating: 95 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (May 2016)

Château Doisy Daëne

Barsac Deuxième cru 1855 As one might expect, there was originally one Doisy estate. Sometime in the earlier 19th Century, it was divided into three parts - the larger part became Doisy-Vedrines, and two smaller parts became the rarely encountered Doisy-Dubroca and, the part purchased by Jean-Jacques Emmanuel Daëne, Doisy-Daëne. Jean-Jacques' sons later sold another portion of Doisy-Daëne to Doisy-Dubroca. Georges Dubourdieu bought Doisy-Daëne in 1924, and his family still own it to this day. The little over 16ha of vineyard sit sandwiched between Châteaus Coutet and Climens, and are planted with 87% Semillon, 12% Sauvignon Blanc and 1% Muscadelle. The Grand Vin is fermented in stainless-steel, but aged in wood, producing a style that is finer and cleaner than many other wines of the region. It would sit easily alongside the Premier Crus from the area, making Doisy-Daëne a sort of Barsac "super-second". In better vintages, a super-cuvée - L'Extravagant de Doisy Daëne - that rivals Yquem is produced from very late-picked grapes. Pierre Dubourdieu (Georges' son) was not so much interested in the classic dessert wines of the region as dry wines and under his stewardship, in 1949, Doisy-Daëne became the first Sauternes/Barsac producer to make a dry white. This 100% barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc is still produced in small quantities, although the modern generation place more appropriate emphasis on the sweeter end of the spectrum.

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