Domaine Alphonse Mellot Sancerre La Moussière Rouge 2020 circe acquired by Jean and Adèle

acquired by Jean and Adèle

character-filled red Burgundy for a great price

and a hint of raspberry

Cabernet Blends Trophy

the handpicked fruit is handled oxidatively in the winery and is fermented 100% with indigenous yeast in twenty-year-old French oak barriques

Domaine Alphonse Mellot Sancerre La Moussière Rouge 2020 circe acquired by Jean and AdèleBiodynamic. Mellots village Pinot is drawn from 5. 5 hectares of densely planted vines in La Moussire on Saint Doulchard marl. The older vines and lower yields (about the same as a Burgundy winemaker would take off Clos de La Roche) gift a linear yet supple red in the mould of a fine Cte de Beaune. Mellot ferments this cuve in 60 hectolitre wooden vats, beginning with a five to 10 day cold maceration before alcoholic fermentation with punchdowns. The