2004 Didier Dagueneau Les Jardins de Babylone Moelleux

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  12/31/2019 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  This was starting to show a little maturity since the last time I opened a bottle of this. While there is a depth that belies richness and weight it's light-bodied with high acidity. A lovely alternative to Sauternes and should pair beautifully with anything that Sauternes would. The acidity, body, and glycerine all leave me believing that this is a wine that will last for decades more.

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  11/23/2017 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  Open 24+ hours ago...A deep golden yellow in the glass. Beautiful scents of lifted floral notes, candied ginger, and honey. The acidity is ripping through all the sugar tonight...once again, the acidity was much less pronounced the first night. Notes of camomile, honey, kiwi, and honeydew mellon linger on the palate. This is just brilliant...and still leads me to think that it needs more time to show all of the complexity that can come with age. A brilliant wine...I'm so glad to have more bottles of this to check in over time.

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  8/24/2016 - RayOB Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drank at 67
  A slight sweetness to the nose and palate. Lot's of complexity with mango and peach. Quite light. Nice.

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  8/22/2016 - grapist wrote:

  disappointing. But have no benchmark, so maybe I just don't like this style/type/terroir??

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  1/27/2015 - forceberry wrote: 95 Points

  A sweet Jurancon white made by the Loire Sauvignon Blanc legend, Didier Dagueneau. 100% biodynamically farmed Petit Manseng.
  
  Deep and obviously quite developed bronze color with almost reddish mahogany hue. Very big, open and distinctive nose with fascinating, haunting aromas of golden raisins, darker-toned fruit aromas almost reminiscent of dried dark cherries, some tangerine, a little bit of candied rhubarb and a hint of wildhoney. The wine is very sweet yet incredibly intense and racy with bracing acidity. The body feels remarkably light despite the sweetness, basically just because of the acidity. There are waxy, powerful flavors of leather, honey, some buttery tones, a little bit of sappy grassy character, a hint of sweet apple jam and a touch of kumquats, passion fruits and other exotic fruits. The finish is tangy, bright and noticeably sweet with piercing acidity and incredibly powerful, intense flavors of lemony citrus fruits, tart green apples, some tangerine, a little bit of nectarine, a hint of leather and a touch of golden raisins. The aftertaste is sweet, but not sticky at all, thanks to the bracing, mouthwatering acidity.
  
  A ridiculously concentrated, powerful and immensely racy Jurancon sticky. Even though Petit Mansengs tend to show incredibly high acidity levels, making them perfect wines for making sweet wines, the intensity here is on a next level altogether. This is a powerhouse without peers. The color promised wine that was aged beyond its years, but on the palate it is evident that the wine is mere baby, capable of aging decades more. Although a stunner now, the wine will need years and years more before its bracing acidity and sappy green tones start to get integrated with the fruit. Rather expensive at 100€, but the wine manages to deliver.

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