{"product_id":"2020-domaine-didier-dagueneau-silex-vin-de-france-loire-valley-france","title":"2020 Domaine Didier Dagueneau, Silex, Vin de France, Loire Valley, France","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, Didier Dagueneau returned to Saint-Andelain and refused to join the family domaine, setting out instead to make, as he put it, “the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world.” A former professional racer of both dog-sleds and motorcycle sidecars, he became the most divisive and most decorated figure in the Pouilly-Fumé appellation before his untimely 2008 death in an ultralight plane crash. His son Louis-Benjamin, then 26, took the reins alongside his sister Charlotte, and the wines have only sharpened. The domaine farms roughly 12 hectares in Pouilly across silex and clay, a parcel of Monts Damnés in Sancerre, and three hectares in Jurançon at the foot of the Pyrénées. Yields are kept at 75% of neighboring estates and vinified parcel-by-parcel; fermentations rely on indigenous yeasts; aging happens in cigar-shaped barrels and demi-muids designed for lees contact without aromatic distortion. Since 2017, in protest of an appellation rejection, the wines have been bottled as Vin de France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilex comes from a single parcel high on the Saint-Andelain hill, planted on flint mixed with a thin layer of clay over very old vines. Didier added it to the lineup in 1985 and considered the site the greatest in the appellation; the wine tends to be austere on release and to demand more time than any other cuvée in the range, repaying it with the smoky mineral signature for which Pouilly-Fumé took its name. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 is the warmer, more open register of the vintage at its sleekest. Yellow grapefruit, white peach, Granny Smith apple, candied lemon, and gunflint move through a palate that is taut and crystalline at the core, broadened by a leesy texture that fills out the mid-palate without softening the line. The finish carries iodine, smoke, and a salivating saline drive. Drinking well now, but easily ready for two decades of post-bottling evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yes Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51809473200424,"sku":"AT20DAGUENEAUSILEX750","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/1794\/6152\/files\/DomaineDidierDagueneau_Silex_VindeFrance_f8e92b72-98d8-4a52-b304-a0dd0b48ac5a.jpg?v=1778695046","url":"https:\/\/yes-society.com\/products\/2020-domaine-didier-dagueneau-silex-vin-de-france-loire-valley-france","provider":"Yes Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}