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Name: Domaine MELLOT ALPHONSE EN GRANDS CHAMPS 2011
Brand: Vitis Epicuria
Price: 54 EUR
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Rating: 4.8 (113 reviews)

Like the 18 generations of merchant winegrowers who preceded him, Alphonse Mellot cultivates a taste for great wines. Alphonse has worked hard on the vines and, with an excellent team, hoisted La Moussière into the elite of world viticulture.

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Domaine MELLOT ALPHONSE EN GRANDS CHAMPS 2011

Appellation : SANCERRE

Millésime : 2011

Color : Red

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Domaine Alphonse Mellot represents one of the oldest winegrowing dynasties in Sancerre, with documented presence since 1513. Alphonse Mellot Junior, the 19th generation, leads this 50-hectare estate farmed under certified organic and biodynamic practices, producing Sancerre whites from Sauvignon Blanc and reds from Pinot Noir among the most accomplished in the Loire Valley. The only domain classified "out of competition" in Sancerre, La Moussière stands as an essential reference.

L'histoire du domaine

The history of the Mellot family is rooted in the heart of Sancerre since 1513, when local archives already attested to the family's winegrowing and merchant activities. As early as 1698, César Mellot was appointed wine advisor to Louis XIV, bringing the house's reputation to Versailles. At the beginning of the 19th century, the first Alphonse Mellot founded a tavern in Sancerre where he promoted local wines; in 1881, the granting of a shipping license marked the beginning of a peaceful commercial conquest throughout France and the world. Since then, a unique tradition has taken root: the eldest son of each generation bears the founder's first name, perpetuating the family's memory and commitment. The defining moment of the modern era came in the late 1980s, when Alphonse Mellot Senior created the Domaine de la Moussière, focusing family energy on high-precision viticulture. Today, Alphonse Mellot Junior — the 19th generation — embodies both continuity and renewal of a house that has traversed more than five centuries without ever straying from its calling.

Le terroir

The vineyard extends over approximately 50 hectares in the heart of the Sancerre appellation, dominated by the Domaine de la Moussière, a single 30-hectare block located at the southwestern tip of the Sancerre hilltop with full southern exposure. The soils, of remarkable geological diversity, consist of Kimmeridgian marls — the same formations found in Chablis — clay-flint and Buzançais limestone, conferring a mineral signature and characteristic tension to the wines. The average vine age reaches 75 years on certain parcels, particularly for the Génération XIX cuvée, sourced from vines over 60 years old. Since 1988, Alphonse Senior initiated a progressive conversion to organic farming, fully completed in 2009 with biodynamic certification from Biodyvin and Ecocert. Manual soil work, ploughing, hand harvesting, fermentation with indigenous yeasts: each technical decision is guided by the desire to let the terroir express itself without artifice, in a quest for balance and purity that makes the estate a global reference for Sauvignon Blanc.

Les vins

The Alphonse Mellot range is built around two exclusive grape varieties: Sauvignon Blanc for whites and rosés, Pinot Noir for reds. The whites, which represent the bulk of production, showcase the full spectrum of Sancerre terroirs: La Moussière, the emblematic cuvée with a floral and fruity nose, lively and taut on the palate; Les Romains, from a parcel planted in 1951 on clay-flint soil, with crystalline minerality; Satellite, a blend from five lieu-dits in Chavignol; Cuvée Edmond, produced from old vines ranging from 40 to over 80 years, ample and of rare richness; and the legendary Génération XIX, from one hectare of vines over 60 years old on Kimmeridgian marls, a pure and airy wine of extreme precision. The reds, vinified Burgundian-style with mastered use of oak and parcel-specific winemaking, now rival the greatest Pinot Noirs in France: La Moussière, La Demoiselle, Le Paradis (whole cluster), and En Grands Champs, a structured, age-worthy wine. The Mellot style favours elegance, finesse, tension and ageing potential exceeding ten years.

Le vigneron

Alphonse Mellot Junior, the 19th generation to bear this name passed from father to eldest son for five centuries, embodies the winegrowing soul of the house today. Trained alongside his father Alphonse Senior — a tutelary figure of modern Sancerre — he took the reins of the estate in the mid-1990s and has since pursued a tireless quest for perfection. Curious, demanding, with solid knowledge of the world's greatest wines, he has elevated La Moussière into the elite of global viticulture by pushing viticultural and oenological precision to its peak: full organic and biodynamic farming, minimal yields, optimal ripeness, rigorous Burgundian-style winemaking. A discreet perfectionist, he has evolved the estate's style towards crystalline, linear wines of mineral tension and depth that command respect from international critics — the estate is the only one in Sancerre to receive the maximum 5-star rating in the Bettane & Desseauve guide. His exceptional winemaking talent expresses itself as much in the finesse of his whites as in the sumptuous expression of his reds, now considered the most accomplished in France outside Burgundy.

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