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2008 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu
Sauvignon Blanc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Upper Loire
- Sancerre
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Community Tasting Notes 23
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Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 points
March 5, 2024 - Last bottle a year or so was starting to show some mushroom and ox on the nose, but the wine tasted wonderful. This bottle smells just like the bangin bottle I had in 2019! FRESH and floral spring flowers, lime blossom, cold mint lemongrass tea, crushed rocks, little lanolin...WOW WOW WOW! In the mouth...has that Vatan geological party going on...salty limes, pineapple, gooseberry...exotic and energized with CUT and tart freshness! So floral and beaming with brightness...that salty minerality is crazy! I really don't see any age notes in this...maybe that lanolin note, and the perfect integration...every sip is just mind blowing good! LOVE IT!
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Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 points
December 10, 2022 - Not the gorgeous floral nose like last bottle 3yrs ago...this one has more white mushroom ox showing, with faint lime blossom, melon, and crushed rocks on the nose. Not off putting, just an initial worry of decline. With some air in bottle, NO worries at all on the palate! Fresh and zippy lime, melon, lemon squeeze, grapefruit with exotics of lemongrass, kaffir lime oil...and TONS of minerality...salty like licking a salt rock! Still bright and energetic, wonderful integration with the sours, sweets, and salinity...such a unique tasting wine that holds you at attention with every sip. Love it!
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ThijsV Likes this wine: 91 points
October 31, 2022 - Francois Cotat tasting 1999-2020 (Utregs Wijnhuis, Utrecht, NL): This felt tight and a bit young, which sounds strange for a 14 year old Sauvignon Blanc, but tasted next to the 2003 which was singing. Green apple, fennel, grapefruit. High acidity, medium+ finish. Better in 5 years
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DaleW wrote:
January 12, 2022 - Just what I needed after a wine drought. Bright citrus and pit fruits, wax, chalky mineral. Vibrant acids, long length. A-
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DaleW wrote:
November 10, 2020 - Young and a little tight at first, becomes rich and minerally. A-/B+
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2017, Issue #69, Domaine François Cotat’s Long-Lived and Brilliant Sancerre(Sancerre “Culs de Beaujeu”- François Cotat) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2011, Issue #31, Recently Tasted Loire Valley Gems Superb 2009s and Plenty of Excellent Recent Vintages(Sancerre “Culs de Beaujeu”- Domaine François Cotat) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
March/April 2010, IWC Issue #149 (link)(Francois Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type White
- Producer Domaine François Cotat
- Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Les Culs de Beaujeu
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Upper Loire
- Appellation Sancerre
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
- In Cellars 85 (49%)
- Consumed 87 (50%)
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