2012 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Guigne-Chèvres

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  8/24/2023 - Vandelaar Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bought at the domaine in '13 or '14 and purposely saved all that time to experience an aged Sancerre from one of the top producers. And boy was I not disappointed.
  
  Broken cork :-( but from the get go it shows a beautiful nose of lemons, white flowers, smoky/flinty, quite intense.
  On the palate this wine shines: Soft silky lemon cream, a bit of hay, nuttiness, pear drops and an intense minerality packed in a perfect texture. Very delicate and refined with a good acidity.
  This shows how gracefully Sancerre can age and develop into something very special.

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  1/24/2021 - foyfrcs Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium gold.
  Blossom, mineral, citrus & vanilla/toast nose.
  Similar palate plus petrol/kerosene.
  Medium acidity. Well balanced, long finish.
  Drinking well, still not sure (as per RP) that it will last until 2030.

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  4/25/2018 - vespasian wrote:

  1st bottle oxidized, 2nd bottle much more what you would expect; mineral in the nose, strong chalkiness with apple and lemon. Excellent definition; palate has a lovely supple quality - again, has that tension and verve which mark these single vineyard crus from Vacheron. Very mineral with good matiere on the finish. Lovely. Good for current drinking but will hold.

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  12/30/2017 - danckie wrote: 90 Points

  This wine needs loads of air. At first very closed. After 2+ hours in the decanter it showed it’s colors. Mineral and lemon. Fattier then the standard cuvee. Hold for a couple more years.

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  8/19/2017 - Bob in NC Likes this wine: 91 Points

  We did an old world and new world Sav Blanc. Both brought different things to the table and were equally enjoyable. This one showed more minerality and a clean acidty.

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