Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 CRV with a gorgeous aftertaste of

with a gorgeous aftertaste of salted lemon

Temperance Hill

with shorter maturation

with another decade-plus of upside

and rested three months on the lees for texture

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 CRV with a gorgeous aftertaste ofChavignol 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