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L'Extravagant de Doisy Daëne 2018

Château Doisy-Daëne, Bordeaux, France

Château Doisy-Daëne
Bordeaux France
  • 100
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    1

  • Decanting time

    4h

  • When to drink

    now to 2045

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Location & History: The Château Doisy-Daëne, Second Classified Growth in 1855, located in Barsac in the Sauternes appellation, is in the Dubourdieu family since 1924. For more than eighty years, three generations of winemakers have worked from father to son to make great sweet wines: Georges (1924-1948), Pierre (1949-1999) and Denis since 2000.
 

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The first vintage of the Doisy-Daëne Extravagant is 1990. Pierre Dubo...

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Vintage 2018

Report and recommendations for the 2018 Bordeaux vintage

by Andrew Caillard MW

2018 is an exceptional year. Bordeaux whites and Sauternes are very good, but from an Australian perspective, the excitement is all in the red wines. All sub-regions produced examples of very good wines, but some performed better than others. Generally, the largest estates have made exemplary wines illustrating that the human factor and wealth can have a major...

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Average Bottle Price

2025
185€

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L’Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne 2018 delivers an opulent yet remarkably refined expression of botrytised Sauvignon Blanc. The nose is intensely aromatic, opening with layers of passion fruit, ripe pineapple, candied lemon, and white peach, interwoven with notes of honeysuckle, saffron, and delicate herbal lift. Beneath the exuberant fruit lies a crystalline sense of purity that defines the cuvée.

On the palate, the wine is sumptuous and concentrated, showcasing its hallmark viscosity and depth, yet balanced by a vibrant, sculpting acidity that prevents any heaviness. Flavours of exotic fruits, citrus oil, and fine spice unfurl with incredible clarity, supported by a subtle mineral tension that brings focus.

The finish is long, luxuriant, and precise, lingering with flavours of citrus zest, tropical fruit, and a beautifully controlled sweetness. A radiant and impeccably balanced Extravagant—decadent in texture but pure and lifted in expression, with decades of evolution ahead.


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Golden. 100SB Apricots, pineapples, some very ripe orange and lemons notes, orange blossoms nose. Fresh acidity, playful, mouthwatering, detailed, layered, elegant, pineapples, apricots, nuanced, rich yet subtle, almost a rose petal note or rose water, stunning length. 97-99

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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Inside Information

Classified as a second cru in 1855, the Château Doisy-Daëne has been owned by the Dubourdieu family since 1924. The château was long embodied by Denis Dubourdieu, pupil of Emile Peynaud, who modernized all practices of vinification in Bordeaux. It is now his sons who are at the head of the domain. The vineyard is aged over 40 years on average and stretches over 16 hectares, planted on soil on the Barsac plateau. The vines enjoy a fairly unique geological layout, featuring a fine layer of clay sand over calcareous subsoil. This rocky slab prevents the wines from taking root deep in the ground, and in the summer the limestone releases the water retained during the winter. The peculiarity of this soil contributes to the production of wines that feature incredible finesse. In order to harvest grapes affected by noble rot, harvesting is carried out in three separate processes - sometimes up to six. At the end of the vinification process, the wines are aged for 9 months in barrels, followed by an additional 10 months in stainless steel vats prior to being bottled. The château also produces a dry wine, and the great years the Extravagant, an even richer cuvée than the famous German trockenbeerenausleses. The château bought the neighboring property Doisy Dubroca, reforming part of the old large domain of Doisy.

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