Daosa Blanc de Blancs 2020
- 95
- $900
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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For me, this is the Daosa sparkler that always impresses just a little more than its siblings. That it has more time on lees may well be part of that – disgorging was in September 2024 after an impressive forty-seven months on lees (worth remembering that the minimum requirement for vintage champagne is only 36 months on lees). Dosage is a mere 5 grams/litre. At this price, this wine has to be able to more than compete with a good non-vintage from some of the major champagne houses. It does that, and more. Pale lemon hue, with a gorgeously creamy texture, there are notes of citrus, oystershells, florals and lemon curd, with a minerally backing. Good balance throughout with a clean, crisp, and very long finish. A very classy sparkler which will provide great drinking over the next six to ten years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
