2012 Château Doisy-Védrines
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Tasting notes
Tasted blind. Deep copper colour. Rich, peachy nose. Very broad and tangy at the same time. Crème brûlée finish. (JR)
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Neal Martin
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. The 2012 Château Doisy-Védrines has a clean, slightly smudged but pleasant bouquet of beeswax, caramelized butter, fig and honeysuckle. The palate is clean and fresh with good acidity, pineapple and white peach to the fore, though it falls away towards the finish (quicker than the bottle tasted at the property last year.) You might describe it as an "in and out" Sauternes insofar that it does not hang around after doing a decent job.
Tasted blind. Muddy nose and very simple palate. Some lime flavour plus sweetness but not really a very complex whole. Fast fade. (JR)
Greenish gold. Much less distinguished nose than some of this line-up of UGC 2012 Sauternes. Simple. Full-on sweetness plus a hint of cumin. Early maturing. Just a streak of acidity on the end. But far from complex. (JR)
About the producer
Owned by the Castéja family (of Ch. Batailley) since 1946, Ch. Doisy-Védrines produces a particularly rich and full-bodied style of wine, with around 80% of the vines Semillon. Although located in Barsac, the wines are bottled under the Sauternes appellation.