When you taste a young François Cotat Grande Côte, you immediately sense its profundity, the intricate weave of layers, and its taut depth.
Among the vineyards of Sancerre, La Grande Côte is king.
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The Grande Côte is a steep vineyard that sits on hard Kimmeridgian limestone, the same vein that runs through Chablis. As one might expect, the grapes grown here produce wines of energy, precision, and Chablis-like minerality.
In François Cotat's hands, Grande Côte is one of the grandest and longest lived Sancerres on earth. Unsurprisingly, Grande Côte is the hardest of Cotat's three single-vineyard Sancerres to land in quantity.
As always, the 2019 Grande Côte boasts an incredible complexity and architecture. It's a large-scale example of the wine with a core of freshness, saline minerality, and a chalky, tactile spine that adds further rigor. It's an epic wine.
An aged bottle of Cotat's Grande Côte is unmatched in depth, elegance, and stony complexity. I suggest that you stock up on this to bury in the cellar. I bet it will be dazzling in a decade.
To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.
Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare Wine
Crush Wine & Spirits
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