K L

9.3

Very good! Enjoyed this. Balanced. — 12 days ago

with Matt

Daniel Bloom

9.2

See previous. This wine, bought basically blind, delivers as the cliche says… way above it’s price point.
My post Covid mouth still is reductive, but the Sangiovese fruit comes singing through, wood too. Some cocoa on the nose, lots of iron/sanguine on the palate.
Refreshing acidity to boot.
Perfect with Tomatoes and cannellini bean pasta. — 3 years ago

Peter Wassam

8.9

Structured stuff. Lots of plum and cassis and boysenberry. Smell a little like green bell pepper and some cigars (cliche I know). Tannin smooths out with some open time. Also smells a bit hot. — 6 years ago

Ian Blackburn

10

Dom - is it cliche? Hell no! This is as good as Rosé gets!! wonderful soft cherry and berry, spices, chalk - the autolytics are there but in the background so they don’t destroy the fruit or voluptuousness -ness - ness!! — 6 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.5

Thanks to 2 wine store owners that I became good friends with over the years I’ve had the opportunity to have a good stash of Vatan. For me Vatan is one of those wines that adheres to the cliche, “ there are no great wines just great bottles”. In this instance it was a great bottle. Intoxicating aromas of lychee, lime and florals. One of those wines you’re happy just to smell. There is no disappointment on the palate. Beautiful balance and texture, nothing out of place. Layers of concentrated fruit; mango, green almonds, star fruit and lemons. Ripe fruit that is fresh and managed by the wonderful acid. A finish you never want to end. The only flavor missing, which I often find in Vatan, is “spearmint”. — 20 days ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Acquired in the Maucaillou tasting room in Bordeaux in 2008, then transported back to the states in a suitcase full of laundry, deposited in my cellar where it has remained until today.

Transparent and fresh. Almost pure ruby, showing only a smidge of bricking at the edges and not much age at all. Very pretty. Earthy nose of no. 2 pencil and old spices that gradually opens to red fruits. Maybe a cliche but this is on the Burgundian side of Bordeaux. So succulent; vibrating with red fruit and lively acids. — 5 years ago

Yosuke Sato

9.0

美発泡のスモーキーなオレンジに近い白 — 8 months ago

Maggie Harrison

9.3

green pepper, barnyard. cliche to say it but quite old world in style. Terrific value, lots of complexity. medium tannins, medium + acid. — a year ago

Jule Ryan

9.1

Oaky buttery vanilla. I’m into the cliche — 4 years ago

Keith M

8.9

割合不詳だがピノノワール、シラー、ビオニエの3種。
香りがかなり特徴的。ピノの香りにバラような華やかな香り。ここからして変化球感強めだが、飲んでみるとアルコール度数の低さからか割と甘めの果実味だが、スルスルと飲めてしまう。
香りや果実味のタッチからは意外性のあるスルスル感。
後味はシラーのスパイス感と花の香り。
すごく変化球感のあるテクニカルで、味わいも変化球感強いけど、何故か美味しい。今まで飲んだ中で1番不思議かも。 — 6 years ago