Domaine de Ladoucette: Tasting & Drinking
Early on during my exploration of wine in general I encountered the wines of Domaine de Ladoucette, certainly the lower level cuvées, and found them to be good, classic, clean and typical examples of the style. That was at least twenty years ago though, when I was perhaps less demanding, and less experienced in knowing what to expect from the vineyards of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
Looking at Pouilly-Fumé first, these days I would maintain that the style remains classic for the appellation, the fruit character cut through with an appropriate note of flint or cordite. These comments relate to the entry level wine, which is priced at a level rather similar to superior cuvées from many other estates, such as Domaine Masson-Blondelet, which are as you might expect rather more exciting in their definition and mineral expression. They do not relate to the Baron de L cuvée, which is priced on the same level as Silex from Domaine Didier Dagueneau.
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