Pascal Cotat Sancerre La Grande Cote 2024
99 Points
Legendary

Pascal Cotat Sancerre La Grande Cote 2024

A truly vivacious, Reserve-level Sancerre, delivering a sensory fireworks show of mouth-watering thrills. The bouquet is immediately captivating with sea-breeze minerality wrapped around honeysuckle, lemon zest, and golden delicious apple, with an almost Silex-like flintiness that snaps the wine into focus. On the palate, it unfolds in captivating layers: a passionfruit-and-Key-lime bomb (in the best sense) tempered by incisive acidity and a savory minerality. There is striking depth here—lime oils, crushed herbs, white flowers, and a faintly sweet, almost cotton-candy suggestion that reads more like perfume than residual sugar—followed by a juicy, fuller texture that feels both ample and weightless. The finish is crisp and long, laced with lemon-poppyseed nuance and a clean ginger spark that echoes for seconds. Bravo!

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