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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 160 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Krokfjord on 4/8/2024 & rated 92 points: Servert blindt; bordet landet på «Loire, ca 2008», noe som må sies å være anstendig. Utrolig elegant i munnen, flytende glass, hvit frukt med hint av urter, nesle og gule toner. Ørlitegrann oksidativ. Nydelig. Såvidt jeg kan se siste fulle årgangen til Didier før han døde. (225 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 4/2/2024 & rated 87 points: It’s very advance oxidized. Some acids left but freshness is gone. (268 views) | | | Tasted by Ludono on 1/5/2024 & rated 95 points: I believe this was the perfect time to drink it. Had it over 4 hours. Really opened after a while, would not guessed that this was SB (347 views) | | | Tasted by michaelschmitt8 on 7/30/2023: Over the hill. (1040 views) | | | Tasted by crumblemore on 6/30/2023 & rated 95 points: What an eye-opening journey. Perhaps it was my first time having an aged Sauvignon Blanc in excellent condition. This was simply mind-blowing. After my last sip I was simply reminded of every time I had this varietal, what I thought, how it tasted, what I liked, what it could’ve been, and really gave me a new appreciation for this noble grape. What a captivating drinking experience. Complex, long, and beautiful. Evolving in the glass, the wine has captivating salinity, zest, flowers, and hints of parmesan. On the palate, excellent balance of tropical fruit, minerality, flint, truffles, and forest floor. Beautiful savoury notes. Velvety mouthfeel, complexity, excellent precision, and finesse. Although this is the first time having a Didier Dagueneau wine, it may also be the last. Simply glad that I was able to experience it. Perhaps, not the best wine I’ve ever had but one of the most memorable. Raising my glass to a true maestro RIP. (896 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 1/22/2023 & rated 88 points: It’s okay. Starting to ox and acids are very soft and muted (1433 views) | | | Tasted by Perfect Palate on 10/29/2022 & rated 92 points: delicious complexity but wished it had more acid (1497 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 7/17/2022 & rated 85 points: Very closed and tight. Not sure if flawed bottle. Will let it sit overnight.
Day 2 a little more giving but still shut down. (1605 views) | | | Tasted by Peech on 9/2/2021: overripe, a little bitter, still got some acidity, short finish. (1291 views) | | | Tasted by gteran76 on 4/2/2021 & rated 94 points: Brought to our monthly CWG-D by My L. Bright yellow color, pretty nose. Medium plus body, lots of fruits, citrus, and minerals going on. Hard to guess a Sauvignon Blanc in a blind tasting. But I did! (2395 views) | | | Tasted by steinersing on 5/9/2020 & rated 93 points: very clean and focused - lovely minerality. light and expressive still. (3118 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 5/9/2020 & rated 96 points: During a Zoom blind tasting. Truly amazing nose with lemon rind, quince, chalky elements. Lots of fruit, exciting freshness on the palate, complex finish. A benchmark SauvBlanc. 96+ (3601 views) | | | Tasted by gb0913 on 11/27/2019 & rated 94 points: Delightful! (3189 views) | | | Tasted by Jeffrey Brennan on 11/8/2019 & rated 92 points: Bright almost luminescent green/gold colour. Green vegetable and grass on the nose but with that unmistakable flinty stone of a Pouilly Fumé. Just a little musty to suggest that maybe last year would have been better. Restrained fruit with a dry, bottom of the river bed stony finish and a taut crisp acid back bone to clean up after a decent length. This is why Dagueneau is worth the price. 92 (3043 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 11/1/2019 & rated 91 points: A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Mostly blind, some double blind (Blacksalt, Washington DC): It is easy to guess as this is clearly darker, reflecting the age. Medium expressive nose displaying mature ripe yellow fruit, passion fruit, kiwi, lemon curd, cat pee, jalapeno, burnt sugar, spice spices and earth. Excellent concentration, very ripe yellow fruit, rich oily, dense and deeply toned, good acidity, medium mineral and a medium long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with burnt sugar and jalapeno at the end. Although it remains interesting and enjoyable, it would have been better a few years back, YMMV. (3093 views) | | | Tasted by Argrath on 10/11/2019 & rated 90 points: Full, very mature nose of dried apple and apricots. Complex spiciness. Modelling clay and hints of nettles. Not the greatest of depths.
Medium body. Mature palate with dried apples and a minerally hint. Some herbal spices. No SB-character. Too advanced. Fullish and harmonious and high acidity, but this was better 2-4 yrs ago. Drink up. (976 views) | | | Tasted by jcomm on 4/6/2019 & rated 94 points: Superb! (2604 views) | | | Tasted by skifree on 12/28/2018: This felt a little over the hill, or slightly oxidized, so no score. Pleasant with some richness, but lacked the crispness, precision, and stoniness that I think of as the hallmark of these wines. (2809 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 7/26/2018 & rated 94 points: IPNC Weekend 2018; 7/26/2018-8/2/2018 (Linfield College, McMinnville, OR): Light gold color. Simply stunning tonight and a brilliant pairing to our oyster course. This has such focus and precision, it has balance to the nth degree. I love the earth, dank nose with crushed crustacean minerality, lime, citrus and wet stones. This adds a honeyed note on the nose that is quite captivating. This has such nice acidity, very pretty and it just resonates. SB doesn't get much better. (4026 views) | | | Tasted by Raage on 7/9/2018 & rated 94 points: Cd5
Sublime nez vibrant et ciselé, pas démonstratif comme le 98, mais tellement énergétique, difusant ses arômes comme seul ce domaine sait l’offrir. Nez d’agrumes et de chèvrefeuille, élancée comme un parfum feminin frais et végétal, il s’ébroue dans le verre pour glisser en bouche avec grâce tactile et subtile longueur. Je m’attendais à un vin plus riche, plus puissant, nous avins eu affaire à un modèle d'équilibre, à?un vin extraordinairement délicat et profond avec sa finale minérale si subtilement acidulée; magique! (3349 views) | | | Tasted by diggydan on 6/16/2018 & rated 97 points: Beautiful nose - yellow fruits, smokiness, and cut grass. Ripe, big, dense and powerful. Long as the day with tart green and yellow apple flavors, great minerality, and a steely, salty finish. Awesome wine. $197 at CDC. (3294 views) | | | Tasted by Cipivts on 12/30/2017 & rated 95 points: Deep gold, mineral, smokey, flint, wet stones, hints of green with a lot of citrus fruit, herbal notes, some richness on the palate, great balance, very long finish, a great wine! (3517 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 10/15/2017 & rated 96 points: Medium to Deep lemon green color. Complex, open aroma of white flower, herbaceous, citrus fruits, stone fruits, very flinty, toast, hint if underlying oak, dairy, sweet spices. Rich and round on palate, sheer concentration and focus with lemon, apricot, salty minerality, oak, some nuttiness ad honey, all supported by the sharp acidity. This is as good as it gets. Think it is at the best moment. (4071 views) | | | Tasted by originalverkorkt on 9/21/2017 & rated 95 points: 2007 Silex. Didier Dagueneau's last vintage. Bottle in perfect condition. On the first evening there is a lot of lemon and lime going on. Lemon grass, curry leaf, stone, smoke and burnt rubber subtly in the background. Austere and precise. On the palate there is again this basket of yellow and green citrus fruits, again burnt rubber and caramel. Very juicy with lots of pressure on the palate. On the second evening there is still this perfect precision. The caramel has disappeared, but the Silex has become creamy. Everything fits together, the Silex is salty and limy and has so much. This is what i call minerality. One of the best, maybe the best Sauvignon blanc i have had so far. (3899 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 9/14/2017 & rated 92 points: An evening with wine geeks (Private location, Trier): What a pleasure to taste this wine twice within a year. Quite differently than the Magnum on Christmas.
Pale, golden yellow color. Clean, medium+ intense with some funky and musty notes (not flawed). Dry, great tension, smoke, some oak that gives it structure, complex and in the end some SB notes and flint. Young, potential of at least 5+ years. 92 (3925 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Winedoctor, June 2015 (6/1/2015)
(Domaine Didier Dagueneau Silex Pouilly-Fumé White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, March/April 2010, IWC Issue #149
(Didier Dagueneau Pouilly Fume Silex) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/3/2009)
(Didier Dageneau, Silex Pouilly-Fumé White) Subscribe to see review text. | i-WineReview.com, Report 17: Loire Valley (6/1/2009)
(Domaine Didier Dagueneau Silex Pouilly-Fumë) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (8/29/2009)
(Didier Dagueneau Silex) Nice lime, cucumber, lemon grass, grapefruit nose; youthful, tart grapefruit, focused, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 92 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (5/28/2009)
(Didier Dagueneau Silex) Light canary yellow color; refined ripe and tart grapefruit and citrus nose; tart grapefruit, citrus, lime palate with definition and medium-plus acidity; medium finish 92+ pts. 92 points |
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| Didier Dagueneau Producer Wikipedia
Didier Dagueneau has been called a nonconformist, independent, eccentric, and maverick. He is also dedicated to producing some of the greatest white wines of the Loire — and all of France for that matter. He is considered by many to be a master of the sauvignon blanc grape.
He is on a crusade to redeem the reputation of authentic Pouilly-Fumé. Domaine Didier Dagueneau is located in Saint Andelain, a village in the Pouilly Fumé Appellation. He owns about 28 acres of land consisting of mainly clay and flint based soils (or ‘Silex’ in French). Dagueneau is a perfectionist and he attends to every detail — from vineyard management (biodynamic since 1993) to the cellar, which is said to look like a cathedral. He goes way beyond the regulations of the appellation — pruning severely, de-budding, de-leafing, thinning clusters, and keeping low yields — and each harvest is done manually over several tries (he has the labor receipts to prove it).
Others have written more eloquently about Dagueneau. The following passage was translated from Vallee de la Loire – Grandeur Nature by James Turnball.
A young rebel with convictions. Dagueneau owes his success to the strength of his convictions. A local winemaker’s son, he set out on his own in 1982. He began using oak barrels for his vinifications a couple years later and wines of great quality were not far behind. Certain traditionalists, however, said that his wines were not “real” Pouilly Fume.
Dagueneau’s non-conformity has helped him more than hurt him: his long tousled hair, his bushy beard, his intense gaze, not to mention his passion for sled dogs have all earned him the nickname “the madman of Saint-Andelain” and made him very popular with the press.
What does Dagueneau have that the other don’t? He is extremely meticulous and possesses a special intuition where winemaking is concerned. His goals are always authenticity and perfection. To obtain grapes of the highest quality, his vineyard workers spend at least three months carefully de-budding even after a severe pruning earlier in the year. And when the grapes are perfectly ripe, the harvest is done by hand, so that only grapes of impeccable condition are picked, the others are either thrown out or left on the vine to be picked later.
His new winemaking facilities, specifically adapted to Dagueneau’s techniques, use gravity for moving liquids and allow him to apply his ideas without the slightest compromise. After fermentation, the wines are aged in a beautiful cellar containing big barrels and “cigares” (small, long oval barrels which he designed and are made especially for him). The cellar is kept quite cool to limit interaction between the wine and the oak, thus avoiding an overly oaky aroma in the wine.
Dagueneau makes four different dry white wines, all Pouilly Fumés. His basic wine is the En Chailloux, a blend from several vineyards. Next step up is the Buisson Menard, more flinty in style, but still round, and more ageworthy. The remaining two wines are both superstars from single vineyards, and are barrel fermented. Both come from slate soils with one being called Silex, and the other known as Pur Sang.
Pur Sang means “Thoroughbred” in English. The flavors tend to fall somewhere in between the En Chailloux (which accounts for half his production and is his softest, friendliest wine) and Cuvée Silex (his most structured cuvée). The Pur Sang is said to be a more hedonistic Sauvignon (often on par with the Silex), but less mineral driven.
That being said the minerality comes through loud and clear on the nose as well as lemon, citrus, white flowers and some fresh hay. On the palate, very structured, rich and creamy with pronounced mineral components, chalky and loads of lemon zest with a hint of tangerine and nectarine. Great acidity with a very clean, pure and an extremely long finish.
The acidity and strong mineral components make this a great pairing for mussels, raw clams or oysters as well as other seafood dishes. Also, seems as though this wine might benefit from 2-3 years of cellaring….
They say that in the United States, scores sell wine. In Europe, a good story sells wine. Dagueneau is a great story — and his wines are also scored well and often included in TWS Top 100 Wines in any given vintage.
View releated post Didier Dagueneau Blanc Fumé de Pouilly, 2006.
This wine may not be a great value (ok, it isn’t a good value) or very easy to find, but it is worth seeking out — and it might be a good time to do so given that 2006 was such a good year in Loire. Not to mention that his lore will only continue to increase and the dollar shows no signs of getting up off its knees.
A stunning wine. Imported by Polaner Selections.
Didier Dagueneau was tragically killed on September 17, 2008 when the ultralight plane he was piloting experienced problems during take off and crashed. He was only 52 years young. He had accomplished so much and his wines established a benchmark for sauvignon blanc, yet it seemed as though he was just getting started. He will be missed.
2007 Didier Dagueneau SilexThis is Dagueneau's Grand Cru if you will. Produced only from plots high on the slopes of Saint Andelain, and only from vineyards that possess high amounts of silex. Vines here range from 15-50 years of age and are cropped to lower yields than in some other vineyards. Before Didier's tragic death in September, he described this wine as perhaps his favorite of all vintages. For him, the incremental changes made in both the winery and vineyards over the years had come together with a vintage that could best express what he was trying to say. Aromatic ripeness without high alcohol. Massive mineral concentration that will yield over time and marry perfectly with the high-toned fruit components and barrel and bottle complexity that seem in perfect harmony. The most young and backward of the bunch (as usual), this wine has massive acidity that provides the perfect balance to the mineral profile that is so prevalent in the mouth. No shortage of fruit, but for the time being, this wine is all about structure and potential. 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.Sauvignon Blanc Varietal CharacterFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comLoire Valley Vins du Val de Loire (Interprofession des Vins du Val de Loire)
Jancis Robinson vintage reports
Wine Spectator vintage reports
Wine Scholar Guild vintage reports
2016 vintage:
"Quality and concentration is good, with Chenin Blanc being particularly noteworthy in 2016 while Sancerre is thought to be the best of the Sauvignon Blanc appellations. Cabernet Franc is 'delicious, ripe and fruity' according to Loire courtier Chris Hardy." - Jancis Roninson
2017 vintage reports:
Jancis Robinson
Vinfolio
"2018 wines will not be typical of the Loire rather they will have the characteristics of wines from much further south" - Philippe Gilbert
2019 vintage:
Academie du Vin report
"the warm 2019 vintage is characterised by a surprising freshness" - Jim Budd
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