{"product_id":"2022-domaine-didier-dagueneau-blanc-etc-vin-de-france-loire-valley-france","title":"2022 Domaine Didier Dagueneau, Blanc Etc..., 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\u003eBlanc Etc..., formerly bottled as Blanc Fumé de Pouilly, is the domaine's only multi-parcel blend, spanning four sites: young vines on the Saint-Andelain hill, older plantings on clay and flint, and a parcel on limestone marl at Les Coques. Fermented and aged in a mix of older barrels and steel tank, it's the cuvée whose evolution under Louis-Benjamin has been the most striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 is luminous, with vintage warmth folded into the estate's signature tension. Grapefruit zest, white peach, green almond, and crushed stone lead the way; the palate is silky and finely textured, with a leesy weight that fills the mid-palate before the acidity snaps it back. Drinking now beautifully and built to keep evolving for the better part of 15 years post-bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yes Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51809472807208,"sku":"AT22DAGUENEAUETC750","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/1794\/6152\/files\/DomaineDidierDagueneau_BlancEtc....jpg?v=1778695187","url":"https:\/\/yes-society.com\/products\/2022-domaine-didier-dagueneau-blanc-etc-vin-de-france-loire-valley-france","provider":"Yes Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}