Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre La Moussiere Blanc, 2025 041125LoireOffer making it an excellent choice

making it an excellent choice for collectors and those who appreciate a complex

There’s a subtle herbal note that adds complexity and ties it back to the classic Loire profile

and it shows Foillard's signature at its most charming and drinkable: silky

drinking beautifully right now

or neat with a twist of lime

Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre La Moussiere Blanc, 2025 041125LoireOffer making it an excellent choiceThe flagship white from Alphonse Mellot, the 19th of his name and one of the most talented vignerons in all of Sancerre, a rare master equally gifted with red and white. La Moussiere is the domaine's tete de cuvee: a single ~30 hectare vineyard farmed biodynamically since 1999, where Kimmeridgian limestone meets the chalky marls of Saint Doulchard. Everything is hand harvested at low yields, and the wine rests seven to eight months on fine lees for