Didier Dagueneau, Pouilly-Fume, Silex 2009
95 points CellarTracker Member
Funky nose; complex and layered; array of fruit with lemon, pineapple, apple and apricot-peach-banana; supported with balancing tart acidity; long semi sweet finish; needs 3 hours to open. (11/2022)
94 points Wine Advocate
From an enclave just outside the cuverie in Saint Andelain, the Dagueneau 2009 Blanc Fume de Pouilly Silex delivers an almost inordinate diversity of floral, herbal, citrus (predominately grapefruit), and pit-fruit (predominately nectarine) elements, with the bitterness of fruit pits, smoky pungency of red currant and crushed stone, as well as notes of shrimp shell reduction and iodine inflecting a long, bittersweet, yet at the same time vibrant, buoyant finish. This silken textured seducer should gain with time in bottle and be worth following for ten or a dozen years. (DS) (8/2010)
17.5+/20 points Jancis Robinson
Intensely aromatic – straight up the nose! Almost raw it’s so wild and unformed. Not yet anything like fully developed. I’d wait for quite a while. All angular and flailing about.(5/2012)