2007 Sancerre, Jeunes Vignes, Dme. Cotat, Chavignol

Sancerre boasts several micro-climates with differing soil types, and this wine is from one of those, the pebbly Chavignol. In youth , wines from this quarter are taut, lean and very dry. As they age they develop a richer personality, but remain bone -dry and display increasing minerality. Few people bother to age Sancerre, and usually with good reason, but the Cotats' wines have a unique style, a matchless concentration borne from low yields and fastidious wine-making, which rewards those who keep their bottles for a few years.
(Alun Griffiths MW, BBR Wine Director)

The product of 5-8 year old Chavignol, 'cailloteux' soils, vinified in exactly the same way as their other wines, to give a Francois Cotat wine first and foremost, but one that shows more lime and verbena accessibility in its youth. Delicious even now, but will age till 2017 (?)...match it with young goat's cheese (Chevre de Chavignol!)
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)