Pascal Cotat Sancerre Grande Cote 1998 Bouteille (75cl)
The 1998 Sancerre Grande Côte from Domaine Cotat is a Loire white wine crafted from Sauvignon Blanc. This cuvée comes from La Grande Côte, a family-owned plot held as a monopoly by the Cotat cousins, located on a steep hillside with clay-rich soils. The grapes are hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed, and then fermented with their indigenous yeasts in old demi-muids. The wine is aged for over a year in large, old vessels before being bottled without fining or filtration.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Loire
- Appellation
- Sancerre
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Cotat
- Cuvée
- Grande Côte
- Millésime
- 1998
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Domaine Cotat
Under the generic appellation "Domaine Cotat" are grouped two independent Sancerre estates: those of cousins François Cotat and Pascal Cotat. Heirs to the same family lineage in Chavignol, they separately cultivate renowned parcels of Sauvignon Blanc, notably in Les Monts Damnés and La Grande Côte; François Cotat also farms Les Culs de Beaujeu and Les Caillottes.
- Owner
- François Cotat et Pascal Cotat, chacun à la tête d’un domaine distinct issu du partage familial
- Surface (ha)
- 7.40 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 52800
Histoire du domaine
The Cotat family has been cultivating vines in Chavignol since the 1940s. Brothers Paul and Francis Cotat worked their vineyards and vinified in a shared cellar, while commercializing the wines under distinct labels. François, son of Paul, joined his father in the late 1970s and began producing Sancerre under his own name in 1987. In 1998, upon the retirement of the previous generation, the family wine estate was divided: François took over Paul's vines, while his cousin Pascal received those of Francis. Since this handover, François Cotat and Pascal Cotat have run two legally and technically independent estates. Figures available from La Revue du vin de France indicate 4.9 hectares and approximately 38,000 bottles per year for François, compared to 2.5 hectares and approximately 14,800 bottles for Pascal, totaling 7.4 hectares and 52,800 bottles for the combined entities in this profile. Older sources attribute the vinification of the Pascal Cotat estate to Francis Cotat, but this responsibility could not be confirmed as still current.
