1988 Château Doisy-Vedrines

Château Doisy Védrines is located in the French town of Barsac, a commune in the Gironde department in the Graves region. Château Doisy Védrines is a beautiful domain in the Sauternes. The terroir consists of clay with cobalt and pebbles. The château has planted 25 hectares of vineyard with Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle and produces exclusively white wines. The vines are on average about 40 years old. The grapes are picked manually and strictly selected. The winemaker uses a very long fermentation without additives. The wine is certified organic and is aged in French oak barrels for at least 6 years.

The Château Doisy-Védrines from 1988, has a very special Barsac nose with notes of marmalade, barley sugar and a hint of quince, all with excellent definition. The taste is very smooth and harmonious at the entrance, a little low in acidity, but remains coherent in the finish with a certain degree of elegance with hints of dried apricot, fig and marmalade. It just lacks the complexity and precision of the 1989, but there is a tangy, orange-cut marmalade on the finish. This is still a very nice Barsac from 1988.