Home Wine Portfolio Our Story Locate Our Wines News and Events Contact The Top of the Top: Vacheron Sancerre Mar 17, 2021 It is a fact that not only are our partners at Domaine Vacheron the leading producers of red and white Sancerre, but they’re also a pioneer, with few peers in single-vineyard Sancerre wines — these latest notes and scores from Wine Advocate hammer these facts home. All notes come from the Wine Advocate March 2021 issue on the Sancerre region, by reviewer Stephan Reinhardt. 2019 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc — “… opens with a clear and highly attractive ripe peach aroma with coolish flint stone notes. Full-bodied and intense, with lingering salinity and sustainable structure, this is an already accessible Sancerre with a long and grippy finish.” – Wine Advocate 2018 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc ‘Chambrates’ — “… opens with a clear, refined and aromatic nose with ripe pear and delicate flint stone notes. Round, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a rich and full-bodied but perfectly balanced Chambrates with very fine tannins and lingering salinity.” – Wine Advocate 2018 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc ‘Guigne-Chèvres’ — “… opens with a dense and concentrated bouquet of dried white fruits, crushed stones and flowers. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, rich and intense yet crystalline, pure, fresh and salty Sancerre with fine tannins and a long, intense and iodine-inflected finish. Powerful, tannic and complex, this is an impressive wine to be cellared for a decade or two.” – Wine Advocate 2018 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc ‘Le Paradis’ — “… opens clear and with aromatic, ripe fruit on the slightly stony nose. Full-bodied, round and intense on the palate, this is a rich, intense, very dense and long yet remarkably elegant Sancerre with a long and well-structured finish. It is pretty attractive already now.” – Wine Advocate 2018 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc ‘Les Romains’ — “… opens with dried white fruit and iodine aromas on the intense and concentrated nose. Very elegant, salty and complex on the palate, this is a powerful and full-bodied yet finely structured and elegant Sancerre with a long and promising finish. The wine is clearly a 2018 representative but has a long life ahead.” – Wine Advocate 2017 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Rouge ‘Belle Dame’ — “… opens remarkably aromatic and ripe, with stewed or baked fruit aromas on the nose, tending toward plums rather than berries and a touch of caramel. With more aeration, the wine gets more precise, more flinty and piquant and reveals fresh cherry and potted strawberry aromas. Silky on the palate opening, this is a full-bodied, rich intense and persistent Pinot Noir with impressive concentration, freshness and finesse.” – Wine Advocate 2016 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Rouge ‘Belle Dame’ — “… offers a beautiful ruby color with a dark core and garnet shimmer. It is peppery and fresh on the pure, refined and spicy nose that reveals ripe and stewed cherry and just-ripe berry aromas with leafy forest and some peppery notes. The 2016 is a coolish, fine, elegant, silky-textured and intense yet crisp Pinot Noir with the architecture of a flint stone terroir. This has a vertical, tight and concentrated structure with a serious tannin grip and very good length.” – Wine Advocate ← Skerlj in Carso in A Class Of Its Own: Vinous The Best Brunelli! Vinous On San Carlo, Pietroso, Solaria → Recent Posts Murgo Etna Rosso: Top Value Brand of 2021, Wine & Spirits Praise For Musto Carmelitano New Releases Valgiano’s Palistorti Rosso Is “Fun and Delicious” Great Marks For 2019 Barraud at Wine Advocate Dureuil Retrospective: The Glory of Old-Vine ‘Meix Cadot’ Summer Is The Time for Excellent Rosato Decanter’s “Standout” Chianti Classico Producers Our Portfolio French Selections Italian Selections Archives August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 September 2020 June 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 February 2019 January 2019 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 July 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 November 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 Copyright © 2021 North Berkeley Imports | Terms and Conditions