Sancerre – Social Vignerons

2013 Joseph Mellot Sancerre La Grande Châtelaine, Loire, France

Julien Miquel — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:58:46 +0000

Score: 91/100 This Sancerre wine made by Joseph Mellot, one of the most reputable producers in the Upper Loir Valley, is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc white wine. It is made from the estate’s oldest vines, planted on pebbly clay-limestone slopes, known locally as «caillottes». The grapes […]

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2015 Joseph Mellot Sancerre La Chatellenie, Loire

Julien Miquel — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:52:20 +0000

Score : 92/100 This Sancerre wine made by Joseph Mellot, one of the most reputable producers in the Upper Loir Valley, is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc white wine. The single vineyard La Chatellenie is a 22-hectare plot (54 acres). The soil here is composed of geological […]

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Wine is a Journey, Life is a Melody

Julien Miquel — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 10:17:31 +0000

Tasting life in a bottle labelled as 2007 Domaine de Fouassier Sancerre Mélodie. When my second daughter Mélodie was born in 2011, my old Sancerre vigneron friend Thibault Roger sent me over to New Zealand a bottle of this local cuvee named like my baby, […]

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