Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 Large Format An explosively perfumed bouquet of

An explosively perfumed bouquet of fresh black and blue fruits

The 2007 Syrah Dangerous Birds

(February 2021)

(JR) (2/2015)

Ageing continued in 80% new French oak

Edmond et Anne Vatan, Sancerre, Clos la Néore 2005 Large Format An explosively perfumed bouquet of2. 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