2016 Château Doisy-Daëne
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The 2016 Doisy-Daëne is more backward on the nose, but there is impressive delineation and tension, hints of beeswax infusing the honey fruit. The palate is well balanced with impressive depth, lovely grip, a keen line of acidity and superb cohesion towards the finish. Meanwhile, the nose finally begins to open. Excellent. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
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The first bottle of 2016 Doisy-Daëne was corked. The second is clean and precise on the nose, offering honeycomb, lanolin, crushed rocks and light yellow flower aromas that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is very well balanced, and a fine bead of acidity cuts through the intense botrytized fruit. Very harmonious and poised, with impressive intensity on the finish. This is a marvelous Sauternes. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Tasted blind. First bottle: Racy and a bit fragile. Not quite together. Second bottle: still a bit fragile and tentative. (JR)
About the producer
This Second Growth estate has origins dating back to the late 1800s. It is, however, under the ownership of the Dubourdieu family – who took over the Barsac property in 1924 – that Ch. Doisy-Daëne truly flourished.