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WINES FROM CHATEAU DUCASSE

The vineyards of Chateau Ducasse are in Barsac, usually famous for producing Sauternes. The proprietor, Herve Dubourdieu, makes some Sauternes from the vineyard but -- according to the importer Kermit Lynch, "Herve frankly considers the Sauternes from Ducasse mediocre."  Instead he produces and thankfully relases a one of a kind Bordeaux Blanc.  The vineyard has a dash of the important mold called botrytis, this makes grapes shrivel like raisins and become super concentrated and gives rise to the sweet dessert wines.  Instead Dubourdieu makes a dry white from this fruit that has become a bit of a cult wine.

Château Ducasse is found in Barsac in the Sauternes appellation.  The terroir is typical of Sauternes with argilo-calcareous soil and sub-soil of fissured rock.

Very little botrytis develops there.  He says that the terroir is capable of producing a dry white wine similar to Château Graville-Lacoste, however, Ducasse is not officially within the Graves appellation.  Its dry white is labeled ‘Appellation Bordeaux Controllé.’ The blend of Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle is also similar to Graville



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