2015 L'Extravagant de Doisy Daëne, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Sauvignon Blanc
Ready - at best (Drink 2016 - 2039)
Ian D'Agata
94/100
Neal Martin
95/100
Antonio Galloni
96/100
Product: 20158123028

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2015 L'Extravagant de Doisy Daëne, Sauternes, Bordeaux
Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - at best (2016 - 2039)
Grape List Sauvignon Blanc
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Doisy-Daëne

Critics reviews

Ian D'Agata 94/100

A 100% Sauvignon Blanc! ‘It was the first time we ever dared to do it,’ said Denis Dubourdieu. Elegant if reticent nose of lemon jelly, melon and saffron. Extremely rich and concentrated on the palate with a viscous mouthfeel and pure, fresh citrus and sweet spice flavours. Three barriques only were made, with roughly 204g/l residual sugar and 9g/l total acidity. It is excellent and racy but lacks the weight provided by Semillon.

Drink 2020 - 2040

Ian D'Agata, Decanter.com
Neal Martin 95/100

The 2015 L’Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne has a more understated bouquet for this super cuvée with beautifully defined, very pure honeyed fruit laced with orange pith and tinned apricot. The palate is exquisitely balanced with perfect acidity, gentle and caressing, not a flamboyant Barsac but so precise and pixelated. Wonderful.

Drink 2021 - 2050

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jan 2022)
Antonio Galloni 96/100

One of the most plush, flamboyant wines of the year, the 2015 Doisy-Daëne L' Extravagant lives up to its name. Apricot jam, coconut, crème brûlée, spice and exotic white flowers meld together in a Sauternes of exquisite beauty. This is a gorgeous wine from the late Denis Dubourdieu.

Drink 2020 - 2040

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Feb 2018)

About this wine

Sauvignon Blanc

An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp  Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves. It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
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Château Doisy Daëne

Château Doisy-Daëne is a Barsac estate that produces top-class, sweet Bordeaux white wines that are characterised by their finesse and richness. The property takes the second part of its name from an English gentleman who bought it when the original Doisy estate was split up in the 19th century. The 18.2 hectares of vineyards underwent extensive replanting in the 1950s and ‘60s, now planted to 86 percent Sémillon and 14% Sauvignon Blanc, at a density of over 7,000 plants per hectare. In the year 2000 Denis Dubourdieu took over the estate. A legendary figure in Bordeaux wine circles, Denis was best known for pioneering the region’s dry white wines, improving their quality and reputation. Sadly, after being awarded the La Légion d'Honneur by the French government, he passed away in 2016. His two sons, Jean-Jacques and Fabrice have taken over the running of the family’s estates. The estate produces three wines: a dry white, a classic sweet wine and a special cuvée, L’Extravagant, which is only made in outstanding vintages. It is the estate’s sweet wines which receives most global acclaim; quintessential Barsac with the emphasis on finesse, poise and elegance, rather than power and force. Classified as a Sauternes 2ème Cru Classé, Ch. Doisy Daëne’s wines can age gracefully for up to 20 years.
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