2010 Château Doisy-Védrines
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Tasting notes
Classic orange blossom and ripe apricot nose. The palate has a superb balance of stone fruit, some almon notes and a lovely rounded mouth feel. The acidity both balances the sweetness and adds to the clean length, very good.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
FINE+RARE
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The 2010 Doisy-Védrines has a slight adhesive scent on the nose that obscures the fruit profile. Despite rigorous aeration it does dissipate. The palate is clean and pure on the entry. This has a fine bead of acidity with moderate depth, quite harmonious from start to finish with a twist of orange rind towards the finish. It’s just the nose that needs to address its issues. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.
Medium lemon-gold in color, the 2010 Doisy-Vedrines comes galloping out of the glass with nicely mature baked pineapple, dried mango peel and apricot preserves scents plus touches of manuka honey, burnt sugar and candle wax. Full-bodied, decadently sweet and somewhat monolithic in the mouth, it has soft acidity and a honey-drizzled finish.
Tasted blind. Spice and cedary on the nose. Lots of bitter orange. Rich, creamy and generous and yet lovely freshness. Power but not weight. Good length. (JH)
About the producer
Owned by the Castéja family (of Ch. Batailley) since 1946, Ch. Doisy-Védrines produces a particularly rich and full-bodied style of wine, with around 80% of the vines Semillon. Although located in Barsac, the wines are bottled under the Sauternes appellation.