2017 Doisy Daene
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Tasting Notes
A rich and round-textured white with sliced cooked apples and light honey. Medium body and a fresh finish.
Critic Scores
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James Suckling
Jeb Dunnuck
More reviews and scores
The 2017 Château Doisy Daëne is a seriously decadent, thick, opulent beauty that packs serious sweetness in its canned peach, lime peel, and exotic tropical fruit aromas and flavors. While it’s a big wine, it has terrific balance, good density and concentration, and a huge finish. It’s a potential blockbuster Barsac that’s going to have a long life.
Ripe and expressive on the nose, already complex with almond, bitter orange, vanilla and spiced pear. Viscous and generous on the palate but still beautifully fresh. Powerful almond-paste flavour on the palate but finishes with citrus and apricot. (JH)
The 2017 Blanc Sec is scented of lemon barley water, fresh mandarins and peach blossoms with touches of Bosc pears and ginger. Medium-bodied, super intense and with a racy line, it has a very long finish.
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.