2008 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  3/5/2024 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 Points

  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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  12/10/2022 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  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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  10/31/2022 - ThijsV Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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  1/12/2022 - DaleW wrote:

  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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  11/10/2020 - DaleW wrote:

  Young and a little tight at first, becomes rich and minerally. A-/B+

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