Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Les Romains 2022 CRV This 1959 Trockenbeerenauslese from Schloss

This 1959 Trockenbeerenauslese from Schloss Vollrads represents one of Germany's rarest achievements—an 800-year-old estate's perfection of botrytized Riesling at its most exquisite

a little earth and savory grip

Aromas of Damson plums

Brasserie des Voirons is evolving

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Les Romains 2022 CRV This 1959 Trockenbeerenauslese from SchlossIf 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.