Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Les Romains 2022 Esthers Frappato is where Arianna Occhipinti

Frappato is where Arianna Occhipinti started

Copper robe

with a graceful and elegant nose

There's no other domaine like Robert Ampeau in Burgundy

A pure white flower nose gives way to brilliant notes of fresh chalk

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Les Romains 2022 Esthers Frappato is where Arianna OcchipintiIf 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.