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L'Extravagant de Doisy-Daene 2013
Description
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2013 L'Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne replicates my note taken two years earlier at the property. Peach intermingles with Vervane and saffron on the nose. The palate is rich and unctuous, with nectarine and lemongrass spicing up the finish. While not the best vintage I have encountered, it is impressive for the year and will continue to improve in bottle.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
There are just three barrels of the L'Extravagant de Doisy-Daene, a blend of 65% Semillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc that delivers 210gms/L residual sugar. It has a typically audacious bouquet of -thick- honeyed fruit that is richer and more decadent than anything you will find this year. The palate is unctuous on the entry with pure honeyed fruit interlaced with orange zest and peach. The acidity is well-judged, maintaining the equilibrium so crucial to this wine, while the finish has the weight of a German TBA. This is utterly irresistible, Denis Dubourdieu fashioning a decadent wine that is effortlessly counterbalanced by the razor-sharp acidity.
About the Producer
Doisy-Daene winery mainly promotes unique taste of noble rot sweet white wine. The currently released wines are: Doisy-Daene winery noble rot sweet white wine (Chateau Doisy-Daene, Barsac, France), Doisy-Daene winery Chateau Doisy-Daene L'Extravagant and Doisy-Daene L'Extravagant, Barsac, France. Among them, the birth of this luxurious noble rot sweet white wine of Dorsey Dane winery stems from an accidental and bold idea. In 1990, Dennis postponed the harvest of grapes infected with noble rot until early November, when the grapes were harvested. The pulp has been exposed to the air, and the sugar is highly concentrated, like candy. At this time, the winery staff picked the grapes one by one and used them to make this sweet and mellow wine. However, since this wine grape is limited in production and not available every year, this wine is only made in certain years, which shows its rarity and luxury.