Winery François Cotat - La Grande Côte Sancerre

Winery François CotatLa Grande Côte Sancerre

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The La Grande Côte Sancerre of Winery François Cotat is a white wine from the region of Sancerre of Loire Valley.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.
The La Grande Côte Sancerre of the Winery François Cotat is in the top 5 of wines of Sancerre.

Taste structure of the La Grande Côte Sancerre from the Winery François Cotat

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the La Grande Côte Sancerre of Winery François Cotat in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, flint

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with vegetal taste

gooseberry, hay

Wine with oak taste

butter

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle

Wine with spices taste

fennel

On the nose the La Grande Côte Sancerre of Winery François Cotat in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cream, grass or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery François Cotat's La Grande Côte Sancerre.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Arbois

Arbois is a white grape variety of French origin, in Touraine. Its name comes from orboué, a local patois word. It is recommended in the departments of Indre, Indre-et-Vallée de la Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Vallée de la Loiret, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne, and is listed as a grape variety in the Touraine, Touraine Sparkling, Cheverny and Valencay AOCs. Arbois is not widely cultivated in France, covering about 650 hectares, 600 of which are in the Loir-et-Cher region. It is a vigorous variety, but moderately productive (40 to 80 hectoliters per hectare). It is part of the grape varieties used for Vouvray, Crémant de la Loire Valley, Cheverny and Valençay wines. It gives a wine with little acidity, dry, fresh and supple. It is mainly used in blending. This grape variety from the Centre region should not be confused with the vineyard and wine of Arbois, in the Jura.

Last vintages of this wine

La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2017
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.311110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2016
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2015
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.411110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2014
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2013
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2012
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Grande Côte Sancerre - 2011
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of La Grande Côte Sancerre from Winery François Cotat are 2005, 2015, 1989, 2017 and 2008.

Informations about the Winery François Cotat

The winery offers 10 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery François Cotat is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 1500 of of France wines
In the top 5 of of Sancerre wines
In the top 850 of white wines
In the top 6500 wines of the world

The wine region of Sancerre

The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.


The wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

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The word of the wine: Basic wine

Dry, still wine intended for the production of sparkling wines (champagne, crémants, etc.). The basic wines undergo a second fermentation in the bottle for the production of carbon dioxide, and therefore of bubbles.

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