Pascal Cotat - Sancerre - La Grande Côte - White - 2022

Wine:

From an ultra-steep, south-facing limestone terroir with 70-year-old vines, the 2022 White Sancerre La Grande Côte delivers a full-bodied, mineral-driven wine, highlighted by the vintage's exceptional ripeness. This Sauvignon boasts an impressive structure that combines freshness, tenderness, and finesse with superb complexity, featuring notes of citrus, ripe fruit, and a hint of minty vegetation. A gastronomic white wine, built for long aging, that balances minerality and fullness with a remarkably intense chalky finish.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Gentle pneumatic pressing, settling in vats, 100% indigenous yeasts. Fermented and aged for around 8 months in demi-muids.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C in a large glass.

Food and wine pairing:

Fish in sauce or oven-roasted, seafood, prawns or langoustines sautéed with garlic and herbs, mature Chavignol goat's cheese.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2038, and even longer for enthusiasts.

Perched on the steep slopes of Chavignol, Domaine Pascal Cotat is a tiny 2.5-hectare estate that commands both admiration and respect for its quiet excellence.

Focusing on achieving exceptional ripeness, Pascal Cotat crafts two white wines that age beautifully, designed with restraint to ensure their long-term evolution. Sourced from some of Sancerre's finest terroirs, including La Grande Côte and Monts Damnés, these wines are skillfully aged in barrels with no use of new oak, preserving their purity and finesse.

With a stylistic precision and a limited production, Cotat’s wines are benchmarks for revealing the potential of these remarkable limestone soils over time. These Sancerre classics deserve a place in the cellar to fully appreciate their complexity and longevity.