| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Sauternes and Barsac |
| Colour | Sweet White |
| Type | Still |
Always a fine Barsac, this property also produces miniscule quantities of a cuvée called "L'Extravagant" in some vintages.
The 2017 Doisy Daëne comes strutting out of the glass with flamboyant notes of tropical fruits—pineapple tart and green mango—plus lemon meringue pie and peach preserves with candied peel, spice cake and musk perfume in the background. The satiny-textured palate has wonderful poise and freshness with and an ethereal lightness of being and mineral-tinged finish. 2022-2047.
The 2017 Doisy-Daëne is a little richer on the nose compared to recent vintages, quite pure with acacia honey, melted wax and touches of almond filtering through with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a viscous opening, finely judged acidity, borrowing some of the weight usually expressed by Doisy-Védrines to create a very satisfying and opulent finish. It does not give the live-wire tension that is common in this Barsac, but it does give plenty of depth and length. Drink 2022 - 2050.
A fresh, floral Barsac with sliced-apple and cooked-pear aromas, yet ever so vivid. Medium-bodied. Medium-sweet. Dried-mushroom and spice flavors from the botrytis. A lighter-bodied sticky wine with acidity and brightness. Drink or hold.
As with its next door neighbour, this benefits from limestone soils in what is a late-onset botrytis vintage for the sweet wines of Bordeaux. It means it has some fresh, fine, blooming acids, just scraping through the mid-palate and balanced by gorgeous notes of candied ginger, white flowers, honeysuckle, jasmine and a seam of freshness. It really grows on me, and has great persistency.
Drinking Window 2020 - 2036
Ripe and expressive on the nose, already complex with almond, bitter orange, vanilla and spiced pear. Viscous and generous on the palate but still beautifully fresh. Powerful almond-paste flavour on the palate but finishes with citrus and apricot.
Drink 2025-2037
A bright lemon colour with a nose of candied tangerine peel, acacia honey, and a little earthy marmelade. This has a bold and rich palate, though there is a freshness of acidity that restrains the most exotic tinned pineapple and honey notes. Complex and earhty on the finish, this is a good effort in 2017.
Rich ripe fruit there is a lot happening on the nose the palate has honeyed fruit and ripe peaches. There is mid purity tangerine freshness richer at the back depth of flavour caramelized peel the finish is streamlined and very long. Drink 2025-2037.
Very tropical and juicy with a lot of succulent, ripe fruit and a long, full finish. There is acidity here, but it is hidden beneath layers of fruit!
A fresh and clean young Barsac with honey, dried mangoes and cooked apples that follow through to a medium to full body. Clean and spicy finish.
The 2017 Doisy Daëne has a slightly closed nose with ripe apples and fresh pears accented with sparks of lemon and orange peel plus a touch of fungi. It's very rich and bold in the mouth with balancing freshness and a long earthy finish.
