Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 ITALY late release detached from Winery

late release detached from Winery Library Set

Before my nose reaches the glass a complex

green apple

and while the wine possesses the same almost Chablis-like carriage as the “Domaine” bottling

but in some vintages one will seemingly succeed a bit more than the other

Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 ITALY late release detached from Winery2. 5cm; lightly nicked wax capsules 95 points John Gilman Another two and a half years has passed since I last checked in on a bottle of the 2005 Vatan Sancerre, and the wine is aging beautifully and really now seems destined to be one of the great recent vintages of this wine. While I have always liked this wine, I have wondered how it would eventually handle the quite heady ripeness of the 05 vintage, as this wine is a full fourteen percent octane