Winery Alphonse Mellot - Les Herses Sancerre Blanc

Winery Alphonse MellotLes Herses Sancerre Blanc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Les Herses Sancerre Blanc of Winery Alphonse Mellot is a white wine from the region of Sancerre of Loire Valley.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Les Herses Sancerre Blanc from the Winery Alphonse Mellot

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Herses Sancerre Blanc of Winery Alphonse Mellot in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alphonse Mellot's Les Herses Sancerre Blanc.

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

Discover the grape variety: Courbu noir

Courbu noir is a grape variety with red and bronze leaves. It originates from the Pyrenean vineyards where it occupies a little more than one hectare. It is completely different from the white Courbu. The adult leaves have five lobes and a petiolar sinus. The berries of the Courbu Noir are round. The berries are small, as are the clusters. The beginning of the veins and the petiolar point are red. The shoots of this grape variety bend to form a parasol. To hope for a significant harvest, it is important to prune it long. Its budburst period begins 3 days after Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is the third period. This variety is very sensitive to oidium, but it does not fear mildew very much. It produces light and fine wines. It is not very colourful and does not contain enough alcohol. Courbu Noir has two approved clones, 728 and 729.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Herses Sancerre Blanc - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Les Herses Sancerre Blanc - 2012
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Les Herses Sancerre Blanc from Winery Alphonse Mellot are 2014, 2012

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 25 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 great 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 65000 of of France wines
In the top 600 of of Sancerre wines
In the top 60000 of white wines
In the top 250000 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.

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The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.

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