Producer: Domaine Didier Dagueneau 
Region: Pouilly-Fume, Loire, France 
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc 
Year: 2019 

Vinous, 92 Points 

"The Buisson Renard tends to be a more supple, more aromatically restrained cuvée in the Dagueneau stable, and the 2019 is no different. It's probably the richer clay soils on this section of the domaine. There's a delicate savory, herbal and oak-derived nutty character. It is fine and fresh with a supple texture that holds the mouth like a gentle embrace." 

About the Wine: 

"Another outstanding, and outstandingly rare wine from Dagueneau. Buisson Renard is sourced from a cool, mid-slope terroir on the southwest side of the Saint-Andelain slope. The vineyard area is actually named Buisson Menard, as was the wine originally, but a wine writer mistakenly reviewed the wine as Buisson Renard. ‘Renard’ means fox in French and ‘buisson’ means bush, so the error gave the wine a name that sounded like ‘fox bush’ or ‘bush of the fox’. 

This was barrel fermented and aged in Dagueneau’s bespoke, cigar-shaped barrels (450 and 600 litres) which are designed to increase lees contact. As always, this is a wonderfully layered and textured wine, perhaps with even more fat than normal, superbly contained thanks to the wine’s acidity and extract."  

Alcohol: 13.5% 

Biodynamic. Organic. 

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