2024 | Domaine Serge Dagueneau & Filles Pouilly-Fumé "Les Pentes" | Loire | France Domaine Carneros spiced cranberry and star anise

spiced cranberry and star anise alongside surprisingly fresh acidity for the hot vintage

lovely tannins

a good half planted between 1948 and 1952

Pine/lime Splice on the nose

Dense and full-bodied with creamy tannins and deep core of ripe

2024 | Domaine Serge Dagueneau & Filles Pouilly-Fumé "Les Pentes" | Loire | France Domaine Carneros spiced cranberry and star aniseOld vine Pouilly Fum from the other Dagueneau the family branch that shares the famous name and the great terroir. Domaine Serge Dagueneau & Filles farms old vines in Saint Andelain, at the heart of Pouilly Fum. Serge and his daughter Valrie uncle and cousin of the legendary Didier Dagueneau work ~19 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc on the appellation's prime calcareous clay sites, farmed to HVE3 standards with biodynamic trials. "Les Pentes" comes from