2023 | Daniel Chotard Sancerre Lieu dit Les Coutones | Loire Colli Berici Lively acidity

Lively acidity

To the eye

zesty edge to the flavors of glazed apple

This has an amazing Mediterranean profile

the 2022 Figeac is taut and tense

2023 | Daniel Chotard Sancerre Lieu dit Les Coutones | Loire Colli Berici Lively acidityLes Coutones comes from a steep parcel where the soil is so rich in clay that after the rain, it affixes itself to ones boots. That clay keeps cool a site that otherwise faces abundant sun, a balance that allows its fruit a longer ripening phase. The result is full of finesse, the nose exuberant, yet restrained; unripened pineapple, clover, tangerinefull of zest that hints at summer, but remains fresh and green.