Doisy Daene 2020

Sauternes/Barsac, Second Growth

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Tasting Notes

Stands out in the vintage, with clear breadth and weight through the mid palate, delivering up marmalade, bitter orange and mandarin zest, well balanced sweetness and acidity, with cut glass precision and slate texture. 16hl/ha yield, with almost equal amounts of time in barrel and stainless steel vat for ageing.

Score: 96

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2023-2045 09 February 2023

The 2020 Doisy-Daëne has a wonderful bouquet with wild honey, saffron, white chocolate and quince, very focused and has one of the most intense noses you will find in this vintage. The palate is exquisite in terms of balance; a razor-sharp line of acidity effortlessly slices through the layered botrytized fruit. This is a magnificent Barsac.

Score: 96

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2025-2060 08 February 2023

The 2020 Doisy-Daëne, pure Sémillon this year picked at 16hl/ha over three to six tries through the vineyard, presents a well-defined nose that, compared side-by-side with Doisy-Védrines, is actually quite similar in terms of the dried honey, honeysuckle, candle wax and quince aromas that unfurl from the glass. The palate is beautifully balanced with a fine bead of acidity, and such purity on the finish that it endows this Barsac with wonderful weightlessness. Magnificent.

Score: 95 - 97

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2025 - 2060 09 June 2021

The 2020 Doisy-Daëne, pure Sémillon this year picked at 16hl/ha over three to six tries through the vineyard, presents a well-defined nose that, compared side-by-side with Doisy-Védrines, is actually quite similar in terms of the dried honey, honeysuckle, candle wax and quince aromas that unfurl from the glass. The palate is beautifully balanced with a fine bead of acidity, and such purity on the finish that it endows this Barsac with wonderful weightlessness. Magnificent.

Score: 95 - 97

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2025-2060 01 May 2021

Full bottle 1,380 g. 100% Sémillon (although there is Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle planted in the vineyard). 16 hl/ha. Picked in three to six passes through the vineyard by experienced pickers. Cask sample. Aged for 10 months in barrel followed by nine months in tank. Coppery gold colour. Very exuberant on the nose and with dramatic, expressive botrytised fruit on the palate. Very rich but edgy and energetic too. Firm and fresh with a floral note. A modern Barsac! Impressive to have managed this quality and this (relatively) generous yield.

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2025 - 2045 09 June 2021

Bright and vivid with lots of crushed-grape and sliced-apple character. Medium body. Crisp finish.

Score: 90 - 91

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 09 June 2021

The 2020 Doisy-Daëne is rich, creamy and wonderfully expressive. Lemon confit, marzipan, coconut, dried flowers, apricot and tangerine are some of the notes that build in the glass. All the elements meld together gracefully. Beautifully layered and sensual from to start to finish.

Score: 94 - 96

Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2040 01 June 2021