2015 Château Doisy-Védrines

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  2/24/2023 - Praxis wrote: 93 Points

  Clean and brilliant golden yellow in appearance with a beautiful nose of ripe pineapples and stone fruits with a noticeable dried grassy herbaceous overtones. The palate is somewhere in between the fuller end of medium-bodied and the lighter side of full-bodied, quite concentrated and viscous with ample amount of refreshing acidity that keeps this interesting and not like canned peach syrup. The flavor profile includes candied yellow fruits (but in my opinion it's doesn't really taste like but rather somewhere in-between the essential flavors and characteristics of very ripe yellow peaches and golden pineapples), fresh juices from sweet ripe yellow pomelos mixed with lots of new clover flower honey with some straw, Botrytis-inflected characteristics, and finishes with a hint of rich vanilla cream tempered with just the right amount of refreshing acidity. A very lovely and memorable Barsac with a very controlled and genteel personality. Enjoyed a glass tonight chilled, popped and poured from a 375 ml. bottle. Will have to revisit tomorrow to see if there is any further developments in this. Day 2: Much more integrated with rich fruits dominating the honey component which dominant the taste profile yesterday, the vanilla cream is not present tonight but over all, it's still quite a remarkable experience.

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  11/24/2022 - Bagwhat Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Popped and poured, so will reevaluate after a night or two in the fridge. But this is pure sticky sweet apricot with a bit of orange zest. Honeyed and cloying, and lacking in acid for me. Medium finish is unfortunately clipped before it feels like it could get interesting.
  
  Edit: I needed to give this a fair shot. It really tightened up by day 2, and the citrus becomes more prominent and floral details emerge. The finish has lengthened and added spices to its character. Will keep following, lesson learned!
  
  On day 3, there is a lengthy finish that adds a creamy texture to the mix. As such we now have ginger apricot orange flowers and this wine is really coming into its own.

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  4/23/2022 - T.E.D. wrote: 91 Points

  A straight forward and well balanced Sauternes. Claims notes of honey apricots with touches of orange marmalade and candied fruit.

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  1/5/2022 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Good level of richness with wonderful balance. Drinking nicely from the half.

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  10/17/2021 - aero Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Excellent young Doisy-Vedrines - not too saccharine at this age. Each sip shows something different, even fresh cold coca-cola or hints of honeyed banana. Looking forward to the complexity age brings.

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