LUCIEN CROCHET 2011 SANCERRE "LE CHENE"
eROBERT PARKER 91-92 POINTS: "Crochet’s 2011 Sancerre Le Chene – incorporating, as usual, a high percentage of fruit from the Chene Marchand – needed a shaking to reveal its generous scents and juicy profusion of lime, pineapple, and honeydew, here mingled with chalk and salt that add interest and saliva-inducing savor, going beyond what one experiences in the corresponding Croix du Roy. And while the present wine is expansive and exceedingly ripe, there is cut and clarity of a sort rare for its vintage, which perfectly suites the metaphorically cooling effect of herbal essences as they rush in to join the fruits and minerals in a long finishing colloquy. This ought to be a delight to follow over the next 5-6 years."
