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Doisy Védrines 2020

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Sauternes and Barsac
ColourSweet White
TypeStill
Grape VarietySauvignon Blanc/Semillon

The Chevaliers de Védrines owned this château for centuries until it was acquired by the family of the current owners - the Castéja family - in the mid 19th Century. The 35 hectares of vines are planted with 80% Sémillon, 15% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Muscadelle. Barrel ageing for 18 months in 40-60% new oak.

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Tasting Notes

Powerful fleshy exotic fruits - the juice comes in from the first moment and doesn't let up, ensuring the apricot and mango fruits are shot straight through the core of steel. A brilliant showcase of what the soils of Barsac can do. A yield of 11hl/ha, 18 months in barrel. Tasted twice.

Drinking Window 2020 - 2048

95
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, May 2021

Full bottle 1,295 g. 85% Sémillon, 12% Sauvignon, 3% Muscadelle. 11 hl/ha. Cask sample. Aged in oak for 18 months.
Deep straw-gold. Hint of ginger on the nose. Firm and sweet on the palate. Not quite luscious but certainly refreshing. Something floral and lifted about this. A little bit of chewiness on the finish which fades just a little fast. 13.5%
Drink 2024 – 2034

15.5+
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2021

Bright gold colour. Honeyed peaches and lychee on the nose with cinnamon and baked vanilla. Silky vanilla and freshly baked pastries on the palate. This is fragrant with just enough sweetness to carry an earthy, saffron character lingering in the background. Juicy, fleshy in fruit and pure in heather honey on the finish.

91/94
Farr Vintners, Farr Tasting, April 2021

Pale gold; honey and wax and citrus-fruit rich to smell; medium-full, moderately concentrated, fresh enough; sweet, straightforward, pleasing, but very limited in botrytis concentration and complexity, nonetheless, lively and lemony and aperitif pleasing.

89/90
Michael Schuster, The World of Fine Wine, May 2021
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