Domaine Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Génération Dix-Neuf 2019 chateau-troplong-mondot Deep rich burgundy

Deep rich burgundy

uber savoury and delicious rosé

It finishes with salty and intense close

Almaviva is an exceptionally elegant and complex wine

whole bunch pressed with a few hours of skin contact in pneumatic press Natural ferment takes place in mix of older large format cask (500-5000L) and stainless steel followed by around 3-4 months on full lees with no battonage

Domaine Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Génération Dix-Neuf 2019 chateau-troplong-mondot Deep rich burgundyThis jaw dropping Sancerre is drawn from the oldest vines in the Moussire vineyard (approximately 100 years of age), cropped at Grand Cru Burgundy levels (at the lower end of this range, in fact). The wine fermented and aged in 2,000 litre, tronconique wooden tanks for 12 months before a spell in steel on lees. Only 500 cases per year see the light of day. With its sister in arms, Edmond, Dix Neuf is the antithesis of modern textbook Sancerre.