Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne this is a wine of

this is a wine of nerve and detail

finely detailed side of Nebbiolo

Vinification mixes steel tank and French oak for six to seven months before bottling

so the oak seasons rather than shouts

waving goodbye to Dom

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne this is a wine 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