François Cotat's Sancerres have long exemplified just how ageworthy, grand and compelling the wines can be.

The wines really exist on their own plane. Only the Sancerres of Vatan and François' cousin Pascal are held in a similar regard.

We've had many amazing old bottles of Cotat that have brought an enormous amount of excitement.

Cotat's wines are defined by top sites in a special terroir. The village of Chavignol sits on Kimmeridgian marl, the same soil as parts of Chablis. Culs de Beaujeau is one of the village's top sites. It's an incredibly steep hillside that's very well exposed.

I've always had a soft spot for how Culs de Beaujeu combines a slightly lavish and oily texture with a taut core of talc-like minerality. It comes off as saturating, poised and vividly stony. With time, terroir reigns and it becomes emphatically mineral with shavings of ripe citrus.

In 2015, all of this feels amplified. The vintage produced a powerfully layered Culs de Beaujeu with an intensely textural minerality and complex citrus and stone frutis.

We've priced this as sharply as we could, because we want to get these in as many hands as possible. Cotat is one of the time-tested Loire icons. Always happy to offer.

To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.

Ian McFadden

Director, Fine & Rare Wine
Crush Wine & Spirits

2015 François Cotat

Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu