COTTENCEAU Maxime - Montagny

The Wine Advocate:

“Maxime Cottenceau, like his mentor Vincent Dureuil, is another producer who surpassed what I thought would have been possible in the 2021 vintage, producing a portfolio of satiny, precise and intensely flavored white wines that number among his finest to date. And a couple of new cuvées demonstrate that Maxime's talents can elevate communal appellations just as surely as they can premiers crus. They come warmly recommended and are worth a special effort to seek out. Together with Bruno Lorenzon, Maxime Cottenceau is taking Montagny to new, hitherto unexplored heights, and we will all be the richer for it. As readers may remember, Cottenceau established his domaine in 2018, having worked at Domaine Dureuil-Janthial for three years before setting out on his own with family vines that were formerly contracted to the Montagny cooperative. He immediately put a stop to the use of herbicides, cultivating the soils instead, and began organic conversion in 2020. He's also trying out "tressage," whereby the vines' apical shoots are rolled over and woven together, in lieu of "rognage" (trimming), in a parcel next to the winery. Grapes are hand harvested in 25-kilogram cases, and whites see press cycles lasting a minimum of three and a half hours, with only three rotations (which helps to maintain a low pH). In 2018 and 2019, he settled the musts before barreling down, something he opted not to do at all in 2020—and time has proven this to be a wise decision. Reds are fermented in wooden tanks with lots of whole bunches, seeing a month's maceration with pigeage by foot and a heated post-fermentation maceration. Élevage is rather long, especially by the standards of Montagny, with the whites seeing a year or more in wood and at least six months on the lees in tank before bottling.” William Kelley.

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	Cottenceau Givry blanc ‘Champ Pourot’ 2020 "Aromas of warm pastry, pear, white flowers and freshly baked bread introduce the 2020 Givry Champ Pourot, a medium to full-bodied, ample and...	$87.50 Contact Us
	Cottenceau Mercurey rouge ‘La Chagnee’ 2020 Sorry, no reviews yet. Only 300 or so bottles made - we received 36. There's less than 12 left.	$93.50 Contact Us
	Cottenceau Montagny 1er Cru ‘Les Bassets’ 2020 "The 2020 Montagny 1er Cru Les Bassets is terrific, unwinding in the glass with scents of freshly baked bread, pear, clear honey, nutmeg and...	$97.50 Contact Us
	Cottenceau Montagny 1er Cru ‘Vignes du Soleil’ 2019 “The 2019 Montagny 1er Cru Vigne du Soleil wafts from the glass with aromas of pear, green apple, fresh bread and dried white flowers. Medium to...	$69.50 Contact Us
	Cottenceau Montagny 1er Cru ‘Vignes du Soleil’ 2020 "From a south-facing site characterized by deep, water-retentive black clays, the 2020 Montagny 1er Cru Vigne du Soleil bursts with aromas of...	$93.50 Contact Us