Roger Champault Sancerre Cote de Champtin

Vertical tasting of 2013-2017. Last of my five bottles. This has developed in the direction of modestly dense dessert wine - not Sauternes-style but could very well have been mistaken for a Beerenauslese. On the darker side of medium yellow. Ripe apples, raisins, saffron.

Still awesome. On the nose I would have taken this for a well developed German or Austrian Riesling. On the palate it has moderate oak notes, nicely integrated fruit/acidity and minerality, excellent length. Very glad I have one more bottle to go. Will probably be winding down in 1-2 years.

On both the nose and the palate we find fantastic fresh fruit with green apples, tropical fruit and citrus. The floral notes are there but stay in the background. The acidity is precise and energetic. This is a well balanced but rather one dimensional wine.

Delightful at this stage - nicely developed florality, with hints of stone and elderberry, acidity being rounded and a hint of residual sweetness in the background, peach, red apple, a touch of smoked sausage, flint, still open for further development.