The 2023 vintage crackles with flinty reduction
Domaine de Montille is one of the Cote de Beaune's most revered producers
Assemblage 2 blends three rice varieties (Yamada Nishiki
and jasmine flowers all open up to a bright but lightly toasted finish
deliver a Chardonnay of striking minerality and aging potential
Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Les Romains 2022 Enderle & Moll 2021s The 2023 vintage crackles withIf La Moussiere is Mellot's limestone showpiece, Les Romains is its flinty counterpoint. This tiny, steep vineyard sits on a vein of silex, pure flint, along a geological fault, and that stone stamps the wine with a smoky, gunflint intensity you can't fake. It's Sauvignon Blanc at its most serious and structured: tense, savory, and built to age, with a mineral spine that runs the length of the palate. Give it air, or better yet give it a few years.