originally posted by drssouth:
Vatan 2008...what to expect?Just found some of this at a shop in Chapel Hill...tariff is high ($57)...any clues as to how this might compare to '07 or '05?
Thanks for the info... I've never been to Flickinger, this sounds like a good reason to go.originally posted by drssouth:
originally posted by drssouth:
Vatan 2008...what to expect?Just found some of this at a shop in Chapel Hill...tariff is high ($57)...any clues as to how this might compare to '07 or '05?
On a related note...at Flickinger Wines in Chicago
2007 E. Vatan 33.95/btl or $31.25 if purchased by the case ($375)
originally posted by lars makie:
Thanks for the info... I've never been to Flickinger, this sounds like a good reason to go.originally posted by drssouth:
originally posted by drssouth:
Vatan 2008...what to expect?Just found some of this at a shop in Chapel Hill...tariff is high ($57)...any clues as to how this might compare to '07 or '05?
On a related note...at Flickinger Wines in Chicago
2007 E. Vatan 33.95/btl or $31.25 if purchased by the case ($375)
[edited to say] just saw that they are like Hart Davis in that they don't seem to have a real store front; just a warehouse. Anyway, good to know somewhere close I can get some Vatan.
What is? The '08 Vatan? Or the '07? Or possibly Dr. South?originally posted by Joe_Perry:
Too sweet.
originally posted by Joe_Perry:
Yes.
originally posted by nigel groundwater:
IIRC Edmond Vatan has been retiring bit by bit for some years now and there has been speculation that the 2007 was to have been his last vintage - although this has been said before for previous vintages.
However I am sure I recall reading that he handed over the winemaking from his remaining one hectare of the Clos la Nore to his daughter Anne who apparently made the 2008 - although he may well have taken more than a passing interest in its production.
Anne is the wife of Nady Foucault [Clos Rougeard]
Does anybody have confirmation of this, the latest, Vatan retirement and the extent, if any, of his [continuing] involvement?