1999 Didier Dagueneau Silex

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  9/24/2020 - WhoNose Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Intensely herbaceous. Stewed wet grass and lemon oil, some asparagus and gooseberry. A strong mineral core, wet slate. Still drinking well. It is a very well made and fascinating wine, but not, in my opinion, worth the very high price.

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  3/20/2014 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points

  Bonham's and Butterfield Pre-auction tasting (San Francisco, CA): Minerally, citrus; great fresh texture, slightly oily, citrus, white fruit. 91-92

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  5/4/2010 - Ardross wrote: 95 Points

  An astonishing bottle of wine - cat pee nose softening to a sort of summery grassiness. Green almost Mosel like colour showing no signs of age . On the palate started out with a fierce minerality and then softened in the glass to a deep long apricot and melon finish . Amazing stuff.

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  4/19/2009 - vindictive wrote:

  Perhaps a little better than my last bottle. Very Sauvignon Blanc nose and taste (citrus, melon etc...) Good acidity. Very nice with fennel, blood orange and toaste almond salad

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  4/13/2009 - vindictive wrote:

  This bottle was in good condition, but there was a tiny finger of wine that tracked up the side of the cork to the top and barely stained the outer surface of the cork (no capsules on these wines). Perhaps this affected the wine slightly, but there were no signs of premature aging or any cooked qualities to it. Initial mouldy funk blew off quickly to reval an intense and unmistakable sauvignon blanc nose. Sauvignon fruit and minerality with high acidity and some wood influence. I liked this, but there was something slightly cloying about it. I have preferred the Pur Sang in the past and perhaps it is a style difference. Also (especially when one considers price), it is hard for me to say that this is any better than some Lucien Crochets that I have tried. This is a high acid wine and is not showing any signs of fading, but I am not sure how much it can improve from here. Good, intense, not great.

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