2020 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex, Loire, France
2020 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex, Loire, France

2020 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex, Loire, France

$200.00

As Dagueneau only made one cuvee in 2021, we're recieving a small amount of 2020s on the next release. This wine arrives back in our warehouse on 04/10. 

VARIETAL: Sauvignon Blanc

VINEYARD:Produced only from plots high on the slopes of Saint Andelain, and only from vineyards that possess large amounts of silex. Vines here range from 15-50 years of age and are cropped to lower yields than in some other vineyards

SOILSilex (clay and flint)

VITICULTUREFarmed biodynamically. The domaine employs twice the number of employees than a conventional winery would use for the same acreage. The goal is to produce, on the average, 75% of the yields common to neighboring wineries.

VINIFICATION: Barrel fermented
AGING: Aged mostly in 450 and 600 liter barrels, as well as some of Dagueneau's famous cigar barrels. Designed by the late Didier, these barrels are 350 liters and agressively elongated.

NOTES This is Dagueneau's Grand Cru, if you will. Because of the lower clay content in the soil, this wine tends to be more austere in its youth than the Pur Sang , which explains why it often receives lower scores wine journals that rate how a wine is currently drinking. Do not be fooled! Those familiar with older vintages of Silex will attest to the fact that if given the time in bottle, it will always rise above the rest.

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