I have a long association with this Barsac estate. Proprietor Olivier Castèja must have done something terrible in a previous life because he was burdened with guiding me through my first en primeur samples in the salad days of my career. Doisy-Védrines tends to be overshadowed by its neighbor, Doisy-Daëne, which is often more unctuous in style, even though both wines contain around the same percentages of Sémillon (85%).