Pascal Cotat is one of the smallest producer in France with 2 hectares, but his reputation in the Fine Wine world is inversely proportional to the volume of his production.

From the late 1940s, brothers Paul and Francis Cotat built an unrivalled reputation for long-lived, terroir-driven Sancerres that transcend the reputation of Sauvignon Blanc as a simple white wine for early drinking. On taking over the domaine in the mid 1990s, their sons, François and Pascal, divided the holdings and began to work independently.

Faithfully carrying on the family tradition – and in stark contrast to the heavy machinery and chemical usage adopted by many of the appellation’s vignerons – François tends 5ha of vines by hand and using meticulous organic farming across Sancerre’s finest sites.