Sancerre - Le Mont Damné - Domaine Didier Dagueneau 2017

The domain

Located in the villages of Saint-Andelain and Saint Laurent in Nièvre, Domaine Didier Dagueneau has reigned supreme over the Pouilly-Fumé appellation over its 12 hectares since the 1980s. Having succeeded in bringing to the fore the wines considered until then as the “little Sancerres” of the Loire Valley, Didier Dagueneau decided to draw inspiration from the perfect mastery of Henri Jayer in Burgundy and the methods of Marcel Gitan in Pouilly. He thus became a perfectionist in detail and a relentless worker, all the same decked out with an immense sense of humor, unbridled creativity and extraordinary genius.

In 2008, unfortunately and to the chagrin of the wine world, the Didier Dagueneau estate lost its master in a microlight accident. His two children, Louis-Benjamin, barely 28 years old at the time, and Charlotte decided to honor their father and took over the reins of the estate. For almost 10 vintages, it is clear that the challenge has not only been successful but that the next generation is now assured and brilliant! In 2016, Louis-Benjamin was elected Winemaker of the Year by the Revue du Vin de France.