Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre La Moussiere Blanc, 2025 041125LoireOffer A decade in

A decade in

That barrel work gives the wine breadth and a waxy

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

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

Rich Madeira from the only founding family of the original wine trade still owning and managing their company

Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre La Moussiere Blanc, 2025 041125LoireOffer A decade inThe 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