2020 Blanc Fumé de Pouilly, Silex, Domaine Didier Dagueneau, Loire

While this was a warm season leading to richness in many wines from the region, the Silex 2020 shows ripe fruit, but there's no sense of being overblown. The fine line that races through many wines relying on flint-based parcels is there, carrying the nectarine and oak-derived vanilla flavors, but its influence never tips into austerity nor firmness. There's a sense of tenderness that runs through its core while remaining light in body.

93-94/100, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous (July 2022)