Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne Vinification mixes steel tank and

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

This is the 2023

and full of character

so the oak seasons rather than shouts

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Chavignol Satellite 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne Vinification mixes steel tank andChavignol 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