Alphonse Mellot
Joseph Mellot
La Chatellenie Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Chalking and pineapple — 4 months ago
Joseph Mellot
Sincérité Val de Loire Pinot Noir
Very light and smooth Loire valley Pinot Noir, with fine tannin and medium acidity, served with venison at Earth at Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport, ME — 6 months ago
Joseph Mellot
Domaine De Bellecours Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Light, bright, acidic, lemon-lime citrus - almost yuzu, stone. Great little white & flows along with chicken cordon & steamed broccoli. Will drink a lot of this at $16 — 4 months ago
Clos Alphonse Dubreuil
Cotes-De-Bourg Red Bordeaux Blend 1999
1999 vintage. Pascal Montaut is one of the greatest winemakers in Blaye ( Jonqueyres), but he is currently retired and sold his estate. Up to the final 2010 vintage, he also produced a microscopic quantity of an atypical Cabernet Sauvignon dominated Côtes de Bourg that tastes more like a Saint-Estèphe. Superb quality in this generally mediocre vintage. Still a solid colour. Cassis, graphite, leather and subtle floral hints.. Amazingly fresh and vibrant in the mouth with juicy black fruit in a ripe tannic frame and a longfinish with retronasal fruit and dark chocolate. Impressive. Abv. 13,5%. — 2 years ago
Alphonse Mellot
La Moussière Sancerre Rouge Pinot Noir 2019
This pours a darker, more saturated color than any Sancerre Rouge I’ve ever seen. The nose is big and boisterous, with dark, intense and sappy cherry fruit, a meaty element, and a big whack of limestone minerality. Full and tannic in the mouth. Not exactly a summer sipper. Deeply mineral in flavor profile. Ends on a slightly bitterish, extracted note, with a bit of the 14.5% alcohol showing through. Very good but atypical. Seems like it needs at least a few more years in the cellar to take the edge off, but I’m not sure the fruit will survive more than a couple more before the alcohol burns through it. — 2 months ago
Alphonse Dolly
Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2027
Found this 2022 pleasing. Not trying to be a new world SB. Steely , bright, tart orchard fruits with hints of lime and quince. Wish the price was lower than $39. — 4 months ago
Randy Fuller
Labeled as a Vin de France. This wine is tinted pale yellow. The nose is gentle and fragrant, it does not come on strong like a New World Sauv Blanc. There is restrained minerality and a restful, floral salinity about the aromas. The palate has lemon, lime and only a hint of grapefruit up front, but all that citrus lays low and allows the smooth salinity to call its shot. Acidity is fresh, almost not noticed. I will have this as an aperitif or chilled on the porch on a hot summer day.
— 3 days ago