2023 Didier Dagueneau, Silex - Loire - 1 Bottle (0.75L)

One bottle of Domaine Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Silex 2023, the flagship wine of one of the most legendary estates in the Loire Valley and a benchmark of Sauvignon Blanc. Didier Dagueneau, called the "Pope of Sauvignon", transformed Pouilly-Fumé with obsessive work in the vineyard, organic and biodynamic farming and wines of extraordinary purity, and since his death in 2008 his son Louis-Benjamin has continued his visionary legacy with the same uncompromising standards. Silex comes from the flint-rich clay soils around Saint-Andelain, the highest village in the appellation, and is considered the domaine's Grand Cru, a wine of pale gold colour, great tension and mineral depth, known as "the lightning strike". It is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc that is dry and tense in its youth and that, given time in bottle, always rises above the rest, developing remarkable complexity and a smoky, flinty character over many years. The 2023 is a wine for the cellar, and a rare opportunity to acquire one of the Loire's most coveted whites. The bottle is in perfect condition, with intact label and capsule and high fill level. Stored in a professional temperature-controlled cellar.