Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 SPAIN Graciano (3%) and

Graciano (3%) and

baking chocolate and rich soil tones introduce the 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots-du-Milieu

seemed to sum it up well: “Tasting a Dagueneau wine for the first time was a revelation

finishing very long

and damp earth

Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 SPAIN Graciano (3%) and2. 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