Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions Etienne de Montille's holding sits

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If you want to understand what all the Clemens Busch fuss is about without committing to a single grand cru parcel

with some floral hints

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

with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 core-no-restrictions Etienne de Montille's holding sitsChavignol 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