Didier Dagueneau Blanc Fumé de Pouilly 2016

Blanc Fumé de Pouilly is the Dagueneau domaine's core cuvée, assembled from younger vines across the estate's parcels rather than from a single site.

The estate labels the wine with the old name for the appellation rather than Pouilly-Fumé, a habit Didier Dagueneau kept throughout his career. The fruit comes from the domaine's holdings on the right bank of the upper Loire at Saint-Andelain, including younger plantings within the Pur Sang, Buisson Renard and Silex sites, so it reads as a portrait of the estate rather than of one vineyard. Dagueneau set up in 1982 and worked to a standard unusual for Sauvignon Blanc: very low yields, about twice the normal labour in the vineyard, horse ploughing on some parcels and picking in successive passes. His son Louis-Benjamin has continued since 2008. Unlike the single-vineyard wines, this cuvée is raised roughly half in stainless steel and half in large neutral barrels, so its shape comes from lees and acidity rather than wood.

Approachable from release and good for eight to ten years. Serve at 10–12°C with grilled fish, oysters or a fresh goat's cheese.

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