$355.00
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Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
First Glance: White Florals, Rich, Tense, Long
Acclaim: 95pts
The Wine:
Buisson Renard is a cool mid-slope terroir on the southwest side of the Saint-Andelain slope. The soils are a mixture of clay and flint (or silex, as the French call it). The site was historically named Buisson Menard, as was the wine initially, but a wine writer mistakenly reviewed the wine as Buisson Renard and Didier Dagueneau jumped on it. Renard means fox in French, and Buisson means bush, so the error gave the wine a name that sounded like ‘fox bush’. Didier Dagueneau fell about laughing and renamed the wine from the next vintage. Again, this is barrel fermented and aged in Dagueneau’s bespoke, cigar-shaped barrels (450 and 600 litres).
The Review:
Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous - 95pts
"Perhaps the most Sauvignon-esque of all the vintage, the 2020 Buisson Renard is richly aromatic with distinctive lime, elderflower, ginger and honeysuckle aromas. It is currently most appealing for its tension as if a strong muscle is being stretched taut. It has masses of concentration and curves in the right places with an attractive sense of bitterness on the long finish. This is even better than when I tasted it from tank last year."
