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Sancerre Génération XIX Alphonse Mellot 2016
13%
1.5L
Intensity
Génération XIX is a vibrant Sancerre with excellent tension. It embodies what the current generation of the talented Alphonse family are producing, reflecting their ambitious and masterful work in the vineyard!
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Lot presentation
Sancerre Génération XIX Alphonse Mellot 2016
The wine
The white Sancerre Génération XIX is made from La Moussière's oldest vines, which are over eighty years in age. It displays beautiful freshness and minerality, with a distinctive floral nose featuring acacia, honeyed and menthol notes and an iodine palate, a slight bitterness and wonderful persistence.
About the Producer Alphonse Mellot
The Mellot family arrived in Sancerre in 1513 and since that time there have been eighteen generations producing wine from father to son - and all named Alphonse! As well as this extraordinary family background, it was of course the wines, both their whites and reds, which attracted our attention. These Sancerre wines bear no comparison with the rest of the appellation. Furthermore, these are the only Sancerre wines that bear the words ""hors concours"" (unrivalled). Alphonse Senior (the 18th Alphonse) has now made way for Alphonse Junior and his daughter Emmanuelle. For almost ten years, the two young winemakers have been asserting their approach. The way the vines are worked is quite simply exceptional: biodynamic, without any synthetic inputs and the plants are maintained by hand. Whenever asked to talk about their work, Alphonse and Emmanuelle like to quote from the French classic Le Petit Prince: “One only understands the things that one tames”. And indeed, vintage after vintage, the two brothers and sister continue to tame their terroirs. The wines are produced here with great craftsmanship, as if they were a work of art. One of the very finest Sancerre domaines - producing wines which have to be tried!
Detailed characteristics
Quantity: 2 bottles
Level 2 NormalObservation 2 Marginally marked labelsOrigin: private individual
Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar
Recoverable VAT: no
Original wooden case / Original case: no
French customs seal: yes
Alcohol percentage: 13 %
Region: Loire Valley
Appellation: Sancerre
Owner: Alphonse Mellot
Vintage: 2016
Colour: white
Service temperature: 12°
Size (in ha): 1 hectare
Volume: 6000 bottles
Intensity: crisp
Leading aroma: exotic fruit
Tasting occasion: food-friendly wine