Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020 Didier Dagueneau

Name: Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020 Didier Dagueneau
Brand: Didier Dagueneau
Price: 131.89 EUR
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Rating: 4.6 (2 reviews)

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Didier Dagueneau - Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020

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Classification	Cru Classe
Type	White
Producer	Didier Dagueneau
Vintage	2020
Country	France
Region	Loire
Appellation	Pouilly-Fume
Grape	Sauvignon Blanc
Volume	0,75
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

The 2020 harvest in the Loire began with an unusually dry winter, followed by a warm and early spring that encouraged budbreak earlier than planned. For Didier Dagueneau's 2020 Pouilly Fumé Pur Sang, this meant highly concentrated wines from the deep clay-limestone soils of the La Folie vineyard. Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau called 2020 "precise." The vines are stressed for flavor concentration, and the clay soils retain enough moisture to prevent shutting down during the hot summer months.

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Tasting Note Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020

Yellow citrus and wet stones are immediately apparent on the nose, but the wine is more rounded than you'd expect from a typical Pouilly-Fumé. La Folie's clay soils show up in the texture of the wine, giving it weight and presence on the palate, which is not the case with purely silex soils. Lime zest mingles with a subtle smokiness, but not flinty like a silex, but more like cold ash. The finish feels the tension between richness and acidity characteristic of the Loire: aged five years, this wine is delicious now, but its structure suggests it will last another ten years. To fully appreciate the complexity of flavor, drink at around 10-12°C.

Grape Varieties

100% Sauvignon Blanc. This is exactly how Dagueneau approaches the creation of this cuvée. This is where Pur Sang differs from other Loire sauvignons. The grapes come from the La Folie vineyard, where deep clay soils mixed with limestone give it a very different expression than the silex (flint) vineyards for which Pouilly-Fumé is famous. The clay retains moisture and the vines experience less stress in hot years such as 2020. This results in riper fruit and higher textural weight.

Cellaring Potential

You can drink it now, but it will be even better in 2028-2035. The structure of this wine, a balance of acidity and texture thanks to lees aging, gives it serious longevity; store in the dark at 12-15°C. With time, the citrus notes develop into more complex stone fruit characters and the subtle smokiness becomes more integrated. The clay-limestone terroir provides enough richness for long aging, unlike Loire Sauvignon, which peaks early and fades.

About Didier Dagueneau

Twelve hectares in Pouilly-Fumé. Didier Dagueneau built the estate from scratch in 1982, starting with 1.2 hectares in En-Chaille, and he was among the first in the region to ferment and age Sauvignon Blanc in oak, using it for texture rather than aroma. Yields sit at 50 to 75 per cent of what neighbours pick. Soils are still sometimes ploughed by horse, and harvesting is done by hand in several passes. Since his death in 2008, son Louis-Benjamin and daughter Charlotte have run things, and in 2018 they dropped the appellation and labelled the wines Vin de France. Plot by plot: Silex, Pur Sang, Buisson Renard, Astéroïde. But the Jurançon sweet wine Les Jardins de Babylone is the exception, made from Petit Manseng.

Terroir & Climate

Pur Sang is primarily produced in La Folie, where the soil consists of deep clay layers mixed with limestone, unlike the silex (silica-rich flint) found on the upper slopes of Saint-Andelain. Because clay retains moisture well, the vines can grow steadily even during dry periods, which translates into a rich, voluptuous texture on the palate. The limestone provides the backbone of the wine's acidity. The semi-continental climate of the Centre-Loire, marked by cold winters and hot summers, completes the picture.

Winemaking

Dagueneau ferments using only native yeasts, without any adjustment of acidity or addition of sugar. Here, oak barrels are used to enhance texture rather than flavor; the winery primarily uses 320-liter cigar-shaped barrels, which lend Pur Sang a creamy body without any vanilla notes. It is aged on the lees for about 12 months, followed by several more months of aging in tanks before bottling. The fruit is harvested by hand in multiple passes, and yields are kept significantly lower than those of neighboring farms.

Food Pairing

Salt and smoky notes are at the heart of this wine. When paired with grilled sea bass or sea bream, the mineral flavors harmonize beautifully with the charred aromas. For octopus, cook it slowly and then lightly sear the surface. It also pairs well with Crottin de Chavignol, a local specialty goat cheese, as the wine's acidity cuts cleanly through the cheese's chalky fat. It's also excellent with grilled shrimp and lemon.

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Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020 Didier Dagueneau

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James Suckling (97)

Vinous (94)

Pouilly Fume Pur Sang 2020 Didier Dagueneau

Professional reviews

James Suckling (97)

Vinous (94)

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