2023 Domaine Pascal Cotat Monts Damnes Sancerre Blanc

From the steep, Kimmeridgian slopes that tower over Chavignol, Les Monts Damnés is François Cotat’s most chiseled and commanding expression of Sauvignon Blanc. It comes from a prized one-hectare plot on the famed “damned mountains” an insane slope of chalk and limestone that yields wines of intensity, drive, and age-worthy complexity.

The 2023 vintage is thrilling: bracing and saline, with a taut mineral spine that cuts through layers of citrus oil, orchard fruit, and wet stone. It’s Cotat through and through, unapologetically structured, fermented with wild yeasts, and aged in neutral old oak without fining, filtration, or sulphur.