Winery Alphonse Mellot - La Moussière Sancerre Rosé

Winery Alphonse MellotLa Moussière Sancerre Rosé

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The La Moussière Sancerre Rosé of Winery Alphonse Mellot is a pink wine from the region of Sancerre of Loire Valley.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinot Noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

flint, honey

Wine with vegetal taste

gooseberry, asparagus

Wine with microbio taste

cream

Wine with oak taste

butter

Wine with floral taste

rose water

On the nose the La Moussière Sancerre Rosé of Winery Alphonse Mellot in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of citrus, melon or floral and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alphonse Mellot's La Moussière Sancerre Rosé.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Last vintages of this wine

La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2018
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2017
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2016
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2015
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2013
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Moussière Sancerre Rosé - 2012
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of La Moussière Sancerre Rosé from Winery Alphonse Mellot are 2012, 2018, 2011, 2017 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Alphonse Mellot

The winery offers 40 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Alphonse Mellot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 10000 of of France wines
In the top 200 of of Sancerre wines
In the top 650 of pink wines
In the top 40000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sancerre

The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.


The wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

News related to this wine

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The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

The word of the wine: Clone

A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.

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