Vacheron Sancerre Blanc "Les Romains"

Winemaker notes

Nose of citrus fruits and caramelized peach. Powerful, mineral, light saltiness. Food-wine pairing with capon and sweetbreads, shellfish, scallops, lobster, or white meats. Ageing potential 8 to 10 years.

2020

Vinous 91: Les Romains is a vineyard with its feet in flint to the east of the fault line in Sancerre. The 2020 Sancerre Les Romains begins with a fruity and open welcome, blossoming and silken in the mouth before tying the wine up; the flint influence acts like a belt on a pair of trousers tightening up the middle and leaving a sensation of sinew and length with a fine nettley fragrance.

2021

Vinous 91-92: Les Romains is a flint and chalk parcel that sits on the outskirts of the town of Sancerre, and the 2021 vintage gives a refined and elegant expression.  There's tenderness through the core, which is scented with nettle and elderflower notes, pear and just-ripe pineapple, which linger long on the finish.  Tasted as a finished sample in tank.

Wine Enthusiast 93: Tight and youthful, this is still a textured wine. It has intense citrus as well as richer white fruits, shot through with acidity. The wine will take its time, so drink from 2025. Organic and biodynamic.

2022

Vinous 92: The 2022 Les Romains is a focused Sancerre with ripe flesh on the core and mid-palate. Its straight, firm corridor of structure is oh-so flint on the finish, providing grip and power.