2010 Sancerre, Les Culs de Beaujeu, Domaine François Cotat, Chavignol

Suspended high above the village of Chavignol, Les Culs de Beaujeu vineyard is fortunately composed of plenty of clay (stopping it sliding down the near vertical slope), that assists no doubt in giving the wine a creamy, velvety quality than none of Francois other wines/vineyards share. A great wine for the cellar, drinking from say 2015 at the earliest.
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)Domaine François Cotat

This comes from some of the lower slopes of the F Cotat holding in southern Chavignol. Smoky and fine and much less stinky than the Caillottes. Actually a pretty sweet start to the palate and then lots of fruit and freshness. Good balance. Very fine and satisfying. Introvert and smooth. Chewy end but much much less jagged than the Caillottes. They must have picked this very late! Not an aperitif style of wine however…
Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, 12 Nov 2012

Francois Cotat elected to leave his 2010 Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu with 8 grams of residual sugar, as it had already reached 14.5% alcohol: the highest of his classic trio in this vintage. The effect is like a liqueur of Sancerre (an expression I may well have used on some previous occasion, but which can scarcely have been more apt than on this one). Take herbal elixir; add mirabelle and rowan eau de vies, candied citrus rind and almond extract. Yes, it’s heady stuff – in its high-toned aromatic intensity as well as its voluminous, faintly warm palate presence: but that fits this wine’s soothing, enveloping character and its long-lasting concentration of herb, nut, and pit fruit essences. Cotat Sancerre has never shied away from making singular, memorably “atypical” statements and this one is written in bold letters. I suspect it will be worth following for 15 years or more, which counts as “the usual” for an outsized, subtly sweet wine from this estate.
David Schildknecht - Wine Advocate - Jun 2012