Chateau Doisy Daene 2017

ANTONIO GALLONI: "The 2017 Doisy-Daëne is so compelling. Rich and ample in the glass, the 2017 just blossoms with a bit of time. Candied apricot, exotic white flowers, mint, hazelnut and chamomile notes confer richness. The 2017 is deep, powerful and wonderfully resonant from start to finish. Moreover, it has very few peers in this vintage, one of them being the top-of-the line L'Extravagant."

DECANTER: "As with its next door neighbour, this benefits from limestone soils in what is a late-onset botrytis vintage for the sweet wines of Bordeaux. It means it has some fresh, fine, blooming acids, just scraping through the mid-palate and balanced by gorgeous notes of candied ginger, white flowers, honeysuckle, jasmine and a seam of freshness. It really grows on me, and has great persistency. Drinking Window 2020 - 2036"

JAMES SUCKLING: "A fresh, floral Barsac with sliced-apple and cooked-pear aromas, yet ever so vivid. Medium-bodied. Medium-sweet. Dried-mushroom and spice flavors from the botrytis. A lighter-bodied sticky wine with acidity and brightness. Drink or hold."

JANCIS ROBINSON: "Greenish tinge and paler than most. Light, fresh nose with real precision on the palate and a slight, and attractive, ginger note. Really racy and fine, with excellent sugar/acid balance. More delicate than most with attractive chew on the end. A great memorial to Denis Dubourdieu."

JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2017 Château Doisy Daëne is a seriously decadent, thick, opulent beauty that packs serious sweetness in its canned peach, lime peel, and exotic tropical fruit aromas and flavors. While it’s a big wine, it has terrific balance, good density and concentration, and a huge finish. It’s a potential blockbuster Barsac that’s going to have a long life."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Fresh, sweet, bright, lifted, honey-coated pineapples and vanilla bean in your glass, nose and on your palate."

THE WINEADVOCATE: "The 2017 Doisy Daëne comes strutting out of the glass with flamboyant notes of tropical fruits—pineapple tart and green mango—plus lemon meringue pie and peach preserves with candied peel, spice cake and musk perfume in the background. The satiny-textured palate has wonderful poise and freshness with and an ethereal lightness of being and mineral-tinged finish."

WEINWISSER: "100 % Sémillon. Leuchtendes Goldgelb mit grünen Reflexen. Frisch gekochtes Birnenmark dahinter Lindenblütenhonig und Safran. Am Gaumen mit feinster Textur, ein perfektes viskoses Zusammenspiel von Frische und Dichte. Im langen, gebündelten Finale Akazienhonig und Pfirsichkompott. Ein genialer Doisy-Daëne!"

WINESPECTATOR: "Solidly built, with a green tea flash leading off, backed quickly by pineapple, yellow plum and mango flavors. The ripe finish lets macadamia nut and papaya accents fill in, but this maintains a decidedly fresh and racy edge throughout. Best from 2022 through 2040."