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Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Blanc Generation XIX Loire 2016

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Blanc Generation XIX Loire 2016

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Pale gold yellow in colour with light green sheen.  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.  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.
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Harvesting

Like the Edmond Vintage, the white Génération XIX Vintage, is produced from 87 years old vines.

Average yield: 45 hl/ha

It is picked in small 25 Kg boxes. All the grapes have been sorted by a sorting table and transported into the press by conveyor belt.


Area: 6 ha


Grape variety: Sauvignon blanc


Exposure: South - Southwest.


Geology:
Soil: Saint-Doulchard marls (solids lumps).
Subsoil: Upper Lusitanian to Portlandian period cretaceous.


Planting density

10 000 vinestocks per hectare
All new plantations have 9000 to 10 000 vinestocks given that the Sancerre vineyard is generally planted in accordance with the appellation order with 6666 vinestocks per hectare.


Viticulture

The vines are pruned by the simple Guyot method.

The vineyard is trained in organic and biodynamic vine growing.


Winemaking:

Sequential pneumatic pressing.
Static settling at temperatures below 10°C for about 48 hours.

It is fermented in 900 litre truncated vats.

Depending on the year ageing on fine lees over a varying period (10 to 12 months on average).

About 6 000 bottles of white Génération XIX are produced and it is bottled by us on the estate.

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