Francois Cotat, Chavignol "Culs De Beaujeu", 2023

Name: Francois Cotat, Chavignol "Culs De Beaujeu", 2023
Brand: Francois Cotat
SKU: NYC-MSK-`FR-FCT-02-23`-110325-6
Price: 119.99 USD
Availability: InStock

White Wine from Loire, France

by Francois Cotat

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François Cotat is old-school Sancerre at its most uncompromising. He prunes to half his neighbors' yields, harvests late for full ripeness, ferments with native yeasts, ages in fifty- to one-hundred-fifty-year-old foudre, and bottles without filtration. The Cotat family has been making wine in Chavignol since the 1940s, and François took charge in 1987. Culs de Beaujeu is one of Chavignol's three designated crus, with seventy-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines rooted in terre blanche—chalky Kimmeridgian soil rich in fossilized oyster shells. The 2023 offers a rounder, riper expression than usual, with kumquat and passion fruit layered over graphite and limestone minerality that deepens in the glass.

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What importer Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine...

100% Sauvignon Blanc
A famed single-vineyard in Chavignol
Southeast facing, very cool site
Steep slope with kimmeridgian limestone
50+ year old vines
Indigenous yeast
Fermented in very old demi-muids and aged in old barrels
Unfined and unfiltered

Details

Grape Variety

Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage

2023
Size

750ml
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Medium Bodied

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