Château Doisy Daëne

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Half a bottle of 2000 vintage Château Doisy Daëne

The Château Doisy Daëne winery is located in the municipality of Barsac , part of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Barsac in the Bordeaux wine-growing region , but is marketed as Sauternes . In the Bordeaux wine classification of 1855 it was classified as "Deuxième Cru Classé". The estate has an area of ​​15.9 hectares . The vineyards are not far from the former sister estate Château Doisy-Védrines and Château Doisy-Dubroca as well as Château Climens and Château Coutet .

The Sémillon grape variety has the largest share with a planted area of ​​87 percent. In addition, 12% Sauvignon Blanc is added. The remaining percentage is made up of the Muscadelle grape variety . The average age of the vines is a high 40 years. The forest density is 7000 vines / hectare. The harvest is carried out by hand in three to six harvest stages in order to select the noble rotten berries. After the developing wine has reached an alcohol content of 13-14 percent through alcoholic fermentation in wooden barrels, it is pumped into stainless steel tanks and cooled down to 7 ° C for a few days and stabilized. The wine matures after sulfurization 10 months in oak barrels , which are renewed annually. The wines then stay in the stainless steel tank for another 9 months. Almost 36,000 bottles are filled annually from Grand Vin , a blend of 80 percent Sémillon and 20 percent Sauvignon Blanc.

The dry white wine is made from a single variety of Sauvignon Blanc. The wine spends up to 15 months in small wooden barrels and is marketed as Bordeaux Blanc. Around 30,000 bottles leave the winery every year.

In some vintages, wines of the selection L'Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne are produced in very small quantities .

history

The history of the estate can be traced back to the 17th century when Jean Raymond took over an estate called Doisic in February 1677. The Védrines family came into possession of the property and the agricultural land in the hamlet of La Pinesse on June 5, 1704, through the marriage of Jean-Baptiste Védrines to Jean-Baptiste's granddaughter Marie Raymond. The first vineyards were probably created by the descendants of Jean-Baptiste and Marie. After 1794 the owners bought a plot of land from Château Coutet. The first honorable mention of a winery can be found in the work Topographie de tous les vignobles connus by André Jullien , published in 1832 . It is not known when the historical unit Doisy was split. In 1850, most of the property still belonged to Madame Dubosq, who was believed to be a direct descendant of the Védrines family. This unit later became known as Château Doisy-Védrines. The Faux family took over a part that was up for sale, which is still known today as Château Doisy-Dubroca.

The wine merchant Jean Jacques Emmanuel Daëne acquired the second parcel for sale, which was called Château Doisy Daëne. In 1855, on the occasion of the Bordeaux classification, all three estates were given a rank of Deuxième Cru Classé. Twenty years after the classification, Jean Jacques Emmanuel's 3 sons inherited the property. In the same year they sold part of the space to the brothers Camille and Marcel Dubroca, owners of the sister property. They sold the rest to Jean Paul Billot in 1878. Jean Paul's only child, Pauline married Jean Lodoïs Juhel-Renoy, a dealer from Paris. She inherited the estate in 1884, but separated from the property just 5 years later. Jules Debans and his brother bought the winery. In 1924, Georges Dubourdieu bought the estate from the heirs of the Debans brothers. From 1950 his son Pierre Dubourdieu took over the management of the business. Pierre increased the area under vines by purchasing a smaller plot from Doisy-Dubroca. From 2000 onwards, Denis Dubourdieu was in charge of the estate. Denis Dubourdieu was a professor at the University of Victor Segalen Bordeaux II and a recognized advisor. In Greece (→ Viticulture in Greece ) he was responsible for improving the white wines of the Domaine Costa Lazaridi winery.

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