2016 Domaine Serge Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Half Bottle 375ml, Loire Valley

It is Pouilly Fumé and Sancerre that set the global benchmark for Sauvignon Blanc. Didier Dagueneau crusaded for his idea of authentic Pouilly Fumé. He knew that healthy fruit from low yielding, old vines produces the purest, most intense and vibrantly fresh wine. Domaine Dagueneau's self imposed yield limit of 45 hectolitres per hectare has everything to do with his wines not being 'typical' of the appellation. A creamy texture replaces raw acidity; mineral flavours combine with exotic fruits. The two signature wines, Silex and Pur Sang rank amongst the great white wines of the world. They are in a dimension beyond being merely outstanding Sauvignon Blanc.

The Domaine is 11.5 hectares in various plots, producing an average of only 4 to 5 thousand cases each year. Eminent oenologist and Professor at Bordeaux University, Denis Dubourdieu, the man who has lead the revolution in dry white wine production in Bordeaux, comments that "Didier Dagueneau is one of the great winemakers of our generation; an artist in the truest sense of the word. He makes wine according to an ideal in his head. His wines reveal the finesse of Sauvignon Blanc."

“The 2016 Pouilly-Fumé “les Pentes” from the Dagueneau family is really a classic and very stylish example of the appellation, wafting from the glass in a bright aromatic constellation of lime, green apple, flinty minerality, fresh-cut grass, orange peel and spring flowers. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with fine focus and grip, vibrant acids and excellent length and grip on the very well-balanced finish. Very classy Pouilly-Fumé. 2018-2025."