Francois Cotat Le Grande Cote Sancerre 2024

A 0.4-hectare monopole in Chavignol, south-facing on a slope steep enough to make you question the whole enterprise, with topsoils thin enough that the 40-plus-year-old vines have no choice but to live in Kimmeridgian limestone. Indigenous yeast, old demi-muids, old barrels, unfined and unfiltered. The winemaking here is essentially a decision not to interfere. Sauvignon Blanc with structure and a mid-palate, which is not how most people have been taught to think about it.