Domaine Didier Dagueneau Sylex 2023
Domaine Didier Dagueneau Sylex 2023
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Domaine Didier Dagueneau Sylex 2023

Domaine Didier Dagueneau
$210.00

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2023
Type: White

There are few winemakers in history as bullish or brazen, roguish or renegade, as the Loire Valley’s Didier Dagueneau. High-standards, incredible risk-taking, impeccable attention to detail, zealous allegiance to his terroir, and a willingness to take a stand against convention made this once-professional motorcycle sidecar racer the stuff of legends. Born in the Nièvre, where Burgundy meets the Loire Valley, Didier was the fourth generation in a family of winegrowers. 

Produced only from plots high on the slopes of Saint Andelain, and only from vineyards that possess large amounts of silex. Vines here range from 15-50 years of age and are cropped to lower yields than in some other vineyards. This is Dagueneau's Grand Cru, if you will. Because of the lower clay content in the soil, this wine tends to be more austere in its youth than the Pur Sang , which explains why it often receives lower scores wine journals that rate how a wine is currently drinking. Do not be fooled! Those familiar with older vintages of Silex will attest to the fact that if given the time in bottle, it will always rise above the rest.

Domaine Didier Dagueneau is the benchmark estate of Saint-Andelain in Pouilly-Fumé, where Didier Dagueneau set out in 1982 to prove that Sauvignon Blanc could carry the depth, precision and longevity of great Burgundy. Inspired by Edmond Vatan and Henri Jayer, he worked low-yielding parcels with exacting care and gave wines such as Silex, Pur Sang and Buisson Renard extended lees aging in distinctive oak vessels. After Didier's death in 2008, his children Louis-Benjamin and Charlotte continued the domaine. The wines remain intensely mineral, textured and ageworthy, transforming Pouilly-Fumé from a simple aromatic style into a profound expression of flint, clay and site.