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Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau Jurançon Sec Les Jardins de Babylone 2015 (Ex-Négociant)

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Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau Jurançon Sec Les Jardins de Babylone 2015 (Ex-Négociant)
Producer Domaine Didier Dagueneau
Region, Country Jurançon, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 23354-750

Dagueneau’s dry Jurançon is a stunning, and hyper-rare wine from France’s southwest. Without being disrespectful to the region and its finest growers, this example is on another planet when it comes to quality. It is totally unique.


Unlike the moelleux wine, this is made from all five of Jurançon’s permitted white grape varieties: Petit Manseng and Gros Manseng, as well as the strictly local (and seldom grown) Courbu, Lauzet, and Camarelet. The rarest of these Jurançon varieties, Camarelet, dominates the blend. The winemaking mirrors that of the Loire wine: Dagueneau and Pautrat use both stainless steel and ‘cigar’ barrels for the maturation, before putting the final blend together.


Vagaries of vintage aside, the wine is always stunning: complex, enigmatic and totally unconventional (for the region) with Dagueneauesque transparency, precision and coolness, yet also that tender core of pulpy fruit and a driven, mineral finish. As these wines have some age you can expect some subtle secondary notes as well (think beeswax).





Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau Jurançon Sec Les Jardins de Babylone 2015 (Ex-Négociant)

Reviews

“The nobly-concentrated Dagueneau Jurancons are magnificent, with superb detail, magical levity, as well as irresistibility rather than over-the-top sweetness. ‘The idea is to have a balance with high acidity, not a confiture,’ remarks Benjamin Dagueneau. ‘Chateau d’Yquem is very good, but heavy. These wines aim at something a little more Germanic in style.’ I was already grinning before he said this!”
David Schildknecht, RobertParker.com
“Madame Hégoburu [Domaine de Souch] told me that she thought her wine could hold its own against all comers in Jurançon, but that she had to make an exception in favour of Didier’s. The Les Jardins de Babylone has a beautiful balance between acid and sweet fruits, grapefruits and oranges balanced by mangoes and quince. The wine should keep forever. Delicate but long, subtle but rich, Dagueneau’s Jurançon will be fascinating to taste down the years. It will also be interesting to see what his impact will be on the style of other producers’ wines.”
Paul Strang, South-West France: The Wines and Winemakers

Reviews

“The nobly-concentrated Dagueneau Jurancons are magnificent, with superb detail, magical levity, as well as irresistibility rather than over-the-top sweetness. ‘The idea is to have a balance with high acidity, not a confiture,’ remarks Benjamin Dagueneau. ‘Chateau d’Yquem is very good, but heavy. These wines aim at something a little more Germanic in style.’ I was already grinning before he said this!”
David Schildknecht, RobertParker.com
“Madame Hégoburu [Domaine de Souch] told me that she thought her wine could hold its own against all comers in Jurançon, but that she had to make an exception in favour of Didier’s. The Les Jardins de Babylone has a beautiful balance between acid and sweet fruits, grapefruits and oranges balanced by mangoes and quince. The wine should keep forever. Delicate but long, subtle but rich, Dagueneau’s Jurançon will be fascinating to taste down the years. It will also be interesting to see what his impact will be on the style of other producers’ wines.”
Paul Strang, South-West France: The Wines and Winemakers

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