Alphonse Mellot Cotes de la Charite Rouge Les Penitents 2020 SO20231114 red-fruited Pinot that Clouet reins

red-fruited Pinot that Clouet reins in with bright acidity and minerality

this wine channels hauntingly precise red fruits anchored by robust stoniness

with red berry driven aromatics

almonds and orange zest

Ciliegiolo

Alphonse Mellot Cotes de la Charite Rouge Les Penitents 2020 SO20231114 red-fruited Pinot that Clouet reinsAlphonse Mellot is famous for Sancerre, but the family's roots sit close enough to Burgundy that they also grow Pinot Noir just outside the appellation lines. Les Penitents comes from Cotes de la Charite, a pocket of the upper Loire in the Nievre, farmed biodynamically like everything the estate touches. It's light bodied and silky, leading with fresh red fruit, a little earth and spice, and fine grained tannins that speak to real care in the cellar.