Alphonse Mellot - La Moussière

Alphonse Mellot senior is the worthy descendant of an illustrious family of wine merchants. At the end of the 80s, Alphonse Mellot took a decisive turn and created Domaine La Moussière, in the Sancerre appellation. Passionate and curious, he quickly made it a benchmark, with fresh, refined and perfectly executed cuvées such as La Moussière, Génération, Grands-Champs and La Demoiselle.

The 50-hectare estate, located in the commune of Sancerre in the Loire Valley, is run by the new generation, since Alphonse Mellot père was replaced a few years ago by his son... Alphonse Junior, the nineteenth of the name, and his daughter Emmanuelle. A genius tandem who yield nothing to obtain the best: organic and biodynamic vineyard management, harvesting at optimum maturity, small yields, manual harvesting, precise and rigorous vinification. Since 2005, Alphonse Mellot fils has also managed Domaine des Pénitents in the Côtes de la Charité PGI, just 35 kilometers from the family's Sancerre base. This 18-hectare vineyard, planted with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir on south-facing entroque limestone, is run according to the same quality criteria to deliver two IGP-classified cuvées that have nothing to envy those of the main domaine.