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Alphonse Mellot Estate Sancerre Génération XIX 2005
Pale gold yellow in colour with light green sheen - brilliant, lively and clear - a mature appearance. Mature and fresh nose. Finely expressed lemon scented honeydew, with hints of menthol, acacia then dried fruits, St George's mushrooms from meadows and iodised mineral. When opened hints of beeswax, gingerbread and menthol lemon appear.
Full, fresh, rich and virile taste. An honest effect covered with mellowness well combined with acidity and halfway through it is joined by toasted nuts. The rich finish explodes in a hint of freshness accentuating the iodised mineral, Muscat and boxtree. Slight plant bitterness is mixed with long lasting quality. When older, it should change into terpenic aromas, white truffles on honeyed hazelnut background. A powerful fine wine, with dual complex / solidity and change / freshness.
Matching wine and food: Raw or baked oysters, mussels in thyme, clams in saffron flavored soup, fried sand eels in Guerande salt and Andilly butter petals, Norway lobsters cassolette with gourmand peas, Loire pike in salty pastry, pink garlic monkfish fillet, fillet of sea bass in basil, calve's sweetbreads kebab, young rabbits'tails with Autumn mushrooms, all fresh or blue goatsmilk cheeses, almond biscuits, or cold apricot tart.
Wine Enthusiast
Alphonse Mellot Jr, the 19th generation of Alphonses to make wine at La Moussière, has raised his family’s domaine to a new height. This is so evident in this super-rich, concentrated wine, but one that doesn’t lose sight of its cool climate, chalk soil origins. So there’s great opulence, but also a vivid green acidity that strikes right through the wine.
Score: 93.
—Roger Voss,
September
01,
2007.
Wine Spectator
Broad and lush, with gorgeous lemon curd, chamomile, honeysuckle and grapefruit notes that glide over a richly layered palate. The long finish really stretches out, allowing chive and salted butter notes to mingle together. Drink now through 2010.
Score: 92.
—James Molesworth,
May
15,
2008.
All sizes are 750mL unless otherwise noted.
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