From a January bottling - needless to say the first of this cuvee's many (all though representing essentially the same assemblage) - the Vacheron 2011 Sancerre smells and is juicily suggestive on the palate of ripe honeydew melon tinged with mint and borage. Silken in texture and satisfyingly low-key it finishes with persistent sap and imposing ripeness if relatively little complexity let alone dynamic interplay. I fancy this being best enjoyed over the next 18-24 months. - David Schildknecht