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 Vintage2018 Label 1 of 44 
TypeWhite
Producerde Ladoucette (web)
VarietySauvignon Blanc
DesignationBaron de L
Vineyardn/a
CountryFrance
RegionLoire Valley
SubRegionUpper Loire
AppellationPouilly-Fumé

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2028 (based on 5 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Ladoucette Pouilly Fume Baron de L on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 3/8/2024 & rated 92 points: Third bottle from a half case purchased from a Dutch wholesaler in 2021. Grapefruit, subtle pyrazines, flower honey, gentle and rounded palate, but it never loses that sense of hardness on the finish. (520 views)
 Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 8/7/2023 & rated 93 points: Second bottle from a half case purchased from a Dutch wholesaler in 2021. Pristine bottle. Almost two years since my previous note, when the wine was still quite structured and a bit hard even. It has softened considerably, and it is now honeyed and silky, elegant and flowing, ripe but fresh, seamless and harmonious, with intricate flavours of citrus and orchard fruit and a whiff of pyrazine, but in the final analysis there still is something green on the finish. It's ready to drink, it will last, but I doubt that it will get any better. (1280 views)
 Tasted by merlotsmile on 4/22/2022 & rated 92 points: Les Sommelieres (1277 views)
 Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 12/13/2021 & rated 93 points: Young. A very structured rendition of the Baron de L theme. Needs time to open up. Lovely tension between honeyed richness and vegetal freshness, quite firm bitters. Needs time, will have a very good career. Best on the third day. (2285 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2022, Issue #100, Recently-Tasted Loire Valley Wines Summer Of 2022
(Pouilly-Fumé “Baron de L”- Chateau de Ladoucette) Login and sign up and see review text.
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de Ladoucette

Producer website

Sauvignon Blanc

Varietal Character

France

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.com

Loire 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

Vineyards on weinagen-info

Pouilly-Fumé

Single vinyards on weinlagfen-info

 
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