Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions minimal handling

minimal handling

Sourced from a small plot in Cuisles

with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle

Jamet has held the line on traditional Côte-Rôtie

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions minimal handlingChavignol is the most celebrated village in Sancerre, all steep hillsides famous for both powerful white wine and pungent goat cheese, and 'Satellite' is Mellot's tribute to it. The name winks at Chavignol orbiting the town of Sancerre proper, but there's nothing minor about the wine: old vines across several hillside parcels, farmed biodynamically and raised in large, seasoned oak barrels. It's Sauvignon Blanc with weight and cut at once, mineral and