Chateau Doisy-Daene

Château Doisy-Daëne is an esteemed producer known for its sweet wines and located in the Barsac commune within Bordeaux. Doisy-Daëne is a Grand Cru Classé Second Growth under the classification of 1855, which took place in Sauternes and Barsac at the same time as the famous classification of the Medoc and Graves. It is one of the estates owned by Denis and Florence Dubourdieu and has been in the Dubourdieu family since 1924.

The estate makes three wines from 18 hectares (45 acres) of vines planted mostly to Semillon, with a small portion of Sauvignon Blanc. The grand vin is predominantly Semillon, and is made from botrytis-affected grapes. In exceptional vintages, a second wine called L'Extravagant de Doisy-Daëne is made as well, although this is designated under the Sauternes AOC. L'Extravagant takes advantage of laws that allow Barsac – as the only one of the five villages within the Sauternes viticultural area to have its own appellation – to choose between the two designations. Doisy-Daëne also makes a dry, barrel-aged Sauvignon Blanc, the Château Doisy-Daëne Grand Vin Sec, which carries the broad Bordeaux AOC designation.

The estate was once part of a larger property which was divided into three individual châteaux in the mid 19th Century. Château Doisy-Védrines and Doisy-Dubroca are also Grand Cru Classé Second Growths, known for their dessert wines made with botrytized grapes.

Doisy-Daëne is one of five châteaux owned by the Dubourdieu family. All located in Bordeaux, the other estates are Châteaux Reynon, Cantegril, Haura and Clos Floridene. Beyond owning the wineries, Denis Dubourdieu is an acclaimed enologist and director of the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences of the University of Bordeaux. Dubourdieu is associated with the rise in quality of dry white Bordeaux and is a consultant at the renowned Château Cheval Blanc.