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Alphonse Mellot 2006 Cuvée Edmond Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)

Price $94

With some wood aging, Cuvée Edmond is generally released a year later than other whites from Alphonse Mellot. The wine is beautifully rounded, a rich, complex Sauvignon Blanc that shows ripe apricots, pears, spice and sweet, luscious acidity. — R.V. (9/1/2009)

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Alphonse Mellot 2005 Génération XIX Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)

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Price $61

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. — R.V. (9/1/2007)

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Alphonse Mellot 2007 Génération XIX Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)

Price $84

The current Alphonse Mellot is the 19th to bear the name, always passed in the family from father to son. Made from 80-year-old vines, aged on the lees before bottling, the wine has a fine concentration, giving generosity, a hint of yeastiness, spice, pink grapefruit and even a final burst of opulence. — R.V. (9/1/2009)

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Alphonse Mellot 2005 Génération XIX Pinot Noir (Sancerre)

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Price $130

There have been 19 generations of Mellots, all called Alphonse, in charge of the family estate in Sancerre. This wine celebrates that fact in dense fruits and dry tannins, a wine that has weight, and certainly needs to age. At this stage, the wood is showing dominance, but there’s plenty of fruit here. — R.V. (10/1/2007)

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Alphonse Mellot 2005 La Demoiselle Pinot Noir (Sancerre)

Price $100

Grown on clay soils, this Pinot-Noir based wine has weight and power. Shows some velvet ripeness, but also boasts dense tannins and black plum flavors. Balanced wood is a fine and firm counterweight to the opulent fruit. — R.V. (10/1/2007)

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Alphonse Mellot 2002 Edmond Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)

Price $61

Named after Alphonse Jr’s father (Edmond Alphonse), this is the top wine from the Mellot estate. With its extra bottle age and wood flavors this is not typical Sancerre. But it is a great wine, packed with ripe, mature fruits, with honey and pistachio flavors and a round, smooth, creamy, caramel character. — R.V. (9/1/2007)

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Alphonse Mellot 2005 En Grands Champs Pinot Noir (Sancerre)

Price $115

While Alphonse Mellot’s La Demoiselle shows the weight of Pinot Noir, this En Grands Champs, grown on chalk soil, shows purity of fruit. There may be some leanness to it, but that is balanced by the red berry flavor, and the fresh, vital acidity. The wood element shows through, but it’s the fruit that dominates. — R.V. (10/1/2007)

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Alphonse Mellot 2007 Les Romains Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)

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Made from selected old vines, Les Romains hints at the ancient Roman origins of the Sancerre vineyards. This 2007 vintage of Les Romains shows a strongly mineral, taut character and chalky texture, with firm acidity and waves of white currant and grapefruit flavors. — R.V. (9/1/2009)

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Cuvée Edmond Edmond En Grands Champs Génération XIX La Demoiselle La Moussière Les Romains

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