Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from South Africa, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Italy, Spain and more….
Timed Online Auction, 27 June - 15 July 2024
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About this Item
Francois Cotat is a Sancerre wine producer of traditional Sauvignon Blanc, based in the commune of Chavignol. The estate's distinctive Sancerre wines are met with high acclaim from critics as well as consumers. The Cotat family has been producing Sauvignon Blanc and small portions of Pinot Noir from the slopes of the esteemed Monts Damnés vineyard since the 1940s. Today, the estate is run by cousins Pascal and Francois Cotat whom produce wine in separate cellars, but uphold the traditional winemaking techniques implemented by their fathers, founders Paul and Francis Cotat.
The vineyards are found in the esteemed village of Chavignol. Here you get all the markers of hands-off winemaking that reflects the purity of the source: no fining, no filtering, indigenous yeast fermentation, organic farming. From 40+ year old vines grown on steep slopes of Kimmeridgian limestone in Les Monts Damnés, resuling in chiseled and vibrant wines.
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Critics Ratings
‘From old vines and steep, south-facing slopes – and, like all Franços Cotat’s wines, produced in tragically small quantities (the total domain covers only 4.15 ha). Few wines manage to express the ‘Kimmeridgean’ nature of the Chavignol vineyards better than these, and they age superbly – for up to three decades, M.Cotat suggests. This 2016 seems to suggest the warmth of the vineyard exposition with a little lemon mingled in the mossy freshness. On the palate, it is pure and rich, suggesting stone and seaweed washed by soft rain. Limpid, long and tender.’ – Decanter.com, 96/100 (Apr 2018)
'Compared to the Sancerre La Grande Cotte the lemon-colored 2012 Sancerre Monts Damnés seems more shy and subtle on the nose, but in fact is more complex on the palate. Whereas the bouquet reveals walnut and citrus flavors (of Neapolitan citrus plantations––or of Limoncello, if you will), the palate is dominated by the complex minerality of this well-known classic. The wine starts dense and very elegant, develops an intense citrus aroma, as well as an austere and persistent salinity, leaving the palate still slightly dried but with herbal flavors of majoram. This is not an easily accessible, indeed somewhat robust wine, when opened young, but it is worth waiting for it. The wine developed much more finesse, balance and expression after three days in the fridge so you can easily keep it for almost a decade.' - Wine Advocate, 93+/100 (2012)
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