Alphonse Mellot Sancerre La Moussiere 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The gin that helped launch

The gin that helped launch the modern cocktail revival

spicy and honeyed wine with haunting aromas of rose

After 8–10 days of fermentation at a cool 16–17°C in stainless steel

are very poor and do not adapt well to the Tempranillo variety

and it is exactly the Champagne you want for almost any occasion that calls for a bit of drinkable luxury

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre La Moussiere 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The gin that helped launchLa Moussiere is the beating heart of the Mellot estate, a single 34 hectare sweep of limestone hillside that the family farms as its flagship, biodynamically, generation after nineteenth generation. This is the wine that makes the case for Sancerre as one of the great white terroirs of France. All Sauvignon Blanc, rested on its lees and raised across wood, concrete, and steel, it's fresh and finely cut, with citrus, a green herbal snap, and that