2014  Le Grand Fricambault

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2011  Clos Guillot

2014  Coteaux du Languedoc

2011  

2013  Cuvee de Fondraux

Chenin Blanc from vines averaging 45 years of age. Harvest happens early in the morning for the Fondraux and the grapes are immediately pressed. The juice in then transferred into 500 L wooden barrels for a slow fermentation. The wine is aged in the same vessel on its lees for eleven months before bottling.

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2014  Touraine Rouge

"La Guerrerie, a blend of 70% Cot (Malbec) and 30% Gamay, is presumably so called because of the war (guerre) that the Puzelat brothers feel they are waging on the authorities. It’s certainly by far the most exciting Malbec-dominated wine I have tasted from the Loire, benefiting from the lush, ripe, slightly rustic fruit that variety can provide, but also from the freshness of Gamay. It’s only 12.5% alcohol and has no obvious oak influence at all - just pure, unadulterated fruit fermented to dryness. I enjoyed it both with and without food for it is relatively soft. It’s not cheap but it does provide a counterpoint to the great mass of wine made today that can taste like a cocktail of oak and sugar." -Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com

2007  Clos Papillon

100% Chenin Blanc. Closel has been certified in organic viticulture by Ecocert since 2006. Everything about this wine suggests "golden." Pale gold in color, a very waxy, honeyed nose dripping with ripe pear & golden apple. Dry, medium bodied, rich round flavors offset by nervy acidity. This a legendary wine, from one of the top sites in Savennières, so named because the plot’s shape resembles a butterfly. Amazing aging potential.

2012  Jardins de Babylone

Jardins de Babylone -- Extremely limited production. This dessert wine was considered by Didier himself to be the finest of all his wines. Made from Petit Manseng grown biodynamically on Silex (clay and flint) soil in a natural amphitheater of vines at the foot of the Pyranees near the village of Aubertin. Barrel fermented and aged mostly in 450 and 600 liter barrels, as well as some of Dagueneau's famous cigar barrels. Designed by the late Didier, these barrels are 350 liters and aggressively elongated. Dagueneau’s approach is to produce wines that bring out the natural minerality of the soil and have balance, harmony and longevity. The relative sweetness of each vintage is secondary to the balance of acidity, texture and richness of fruit and the wines will never be chaptalized.

2013  Cotes du Rousillion