- Colour Port_Sweet
- Producer Château Doisy-Védrines
- Region Sauternes
- Drinking 2018 - 2030
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2013 - Ch Doisy Vedrines 2ème Cru Sauternes - 12x75cl
- Colour Port Sweet
- Producer Château Doisy-Védrines
- Region Sauternes
- Drinking 2018 - 2030
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, May 2014, Score: 89-91
Always a favourite of ours, the initially reserved subtle botrytic aromas open out in the palate. This has finesse and subtlety with gentle acacia honey and mango flavours. Subtle refined and fresh. Delicious.
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Neal Martin, May 2014, Score: 91-93
The sample of 2013 Doisy-Vedrines was showing a little reduction on the nose when I first tasted it. The palate is promising, however, perhaps more linear and less honeyed than recent vintages, but that is compensated by greater tension towards the middle and finish. You might describe this as a more streamlined Doisy-Vedrines, dare I say one that is more like Doisy-Daene in style, with wonderful mineralite on the finish.
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Matthew Jukes, April 2014, Score: 17.5+
Very brûléed on the nose with superb honey and nut elements. Quite serious and nice depth of fruit but very closed at the moment. I think this will blossom beautifully given time.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2014, Score: 17+
Lots of rich, waxy fruit on the palate, though the nose is very discreet. Spice honey and marmalade on the palate with loads of core concentration. Shows promise. (RH)
Producer
Château Doisy-Védrines
Château Doisy-Védrines is a 2éme Cru Classé property in Barsac, which has been owned by the Castéja family since 1946. There are 27 ha of vineyards planted with 80% Sémillon, 15% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Muscadelle. These grapes are picked in several "tries" and the yields are very low indeed, even by Sauternes standards. The château employs temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats for around a week before ...Read more
Château Doisy-Védrines is a 2éme Cru Classé property in Barsac, which has been owned by the Castéja family since 1946. There are 27 ha of vineyards planted with 80% Sémillon, 15% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Muscadelle. These grapes are picked in several "tries" and the yields are very low indeed, even by Sauternes standards. The château employs temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats for around a week before the must is transferred to 100% new oak barriques. The wine remains in barrique for 18-20 months.Read less
Region
Sauternes
It is not an exaggeration to say that these are the greatest sweet wines in the world. They are the result of a serendipitous marriage of grape variety, location, annual weather conditions and human care and determination. The vineyards are located on the banks of the cool spring-fed Ciron river which, in autumn, flows into the warmer tidal Garonne and creates rolling evening mists which clothe the vines until the afternoon sun burns them off the following day. This cycle creates perfect conditions for the development of botrytis cinerea or noble rot, and the resulting grape juice is a super concentrated sweet, ambrosial nectar which makes the most heavenly and complex wines with extraordinary ability to age. In 1855 the wines were classified into first and second growths, with Ch d'Yquem rightly receivingits own super status of premier grand cru. Other stunning wines include Chx Sudiraut, Rieussec, Coutet and Climens. While seductively fragrant and sweet when young, if you can bear to wait, you will be amply rewarded with lusciously rich, exotically complex wine.