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Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex
Pouilly-Fumé, France
About this product
Silex is Dagueneau's most celebrated wine, grown on flint (silex) soils that impart a strikingly smoky, gunflint character unique in the Loire. Barrel fermented with extended lees aging, it combines the herbal energy of Sauvignon Blanc with a mineral precision that demands 5-15 years of cellaring.
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appearancegold with green tinge, brilliant
nosestruck flint, gunsmoke, white currant, grapefruit zest, white flower, lanolin
palateintense, racy acidity, dense mineral extract, citrus oil, long saline finish
signaturethe silex smoke — unmistakable gunflint note from flint soil
blind cluesSauvignon Blanc but more weight than Sancerre; smoke + mineral = Dagueneau
Service
agingbest 5-15 years from vintage
decanting20 min for young vintages
glasswarewhite Burgundy glass
temperature10-12C
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struck flint, gunsmoke, white currant, grapefruit zest, white flower, lanolin
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Pairings
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cheese
Dagueneau Silex's flint mineral character belongs with Crottin de Chavignol; the Loire's greatest Sauvignon and its greatest cheese
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cheese
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seafood
Dagueneau Silex's flint mineral character pairs with de Claire oysters; the frozen Sancerre mignonette creates a total pairing
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food
Dagueneau Silex in the beurre blanc creates a flavour loop; drinking the wine used to prepare the river fish
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seafood
Dagueneau Silex's flint mineral character and the oyster's brine-iodine create one of the world's most rational pairings; the wine's lemon-white flower provides the aromatic framework around the oyster's minerality
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charcuterie_cheese
Crottin de Chavignol and Pouilly-Fumé is one of the world's great regional food-wine pairings; the goat milk's lactic tang and the Silex's flint-citrus create complementary tension
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cheese
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seafood
Brochet (pike) from the Loire River and Pouilly-Fumé from the Loire's vineyards are born in the same valley; the Nantua cream-crayfish sauce bridges the wine's acidity while the fish's delicacy matches its precision
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seafood_general
Dagueneau Silex's gunflint mineral and lees richness stands up to cream-based bisque. Sauvignon Blanc's herbal energy connects with tarragon; the flint smokiness adds complexity.
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seafood_general
Dagueneau Silex's gunflint mineral and lees richness stands up to cream-based bisque. Sauvignon Blanc's herbal energy connects with tarragon; the flint smokiness adds complexity.
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