Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions highlights the purity and finesse

highlights the purity and finesse of the fruit and terroir

The vineyard's northernmost position in the appellation builds precision and tension

with some floral hints

This is the work of Caveau de Bacchus

with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions highlights the purity and finesseChavignol 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