Joseph Mellot : La Chatellenie 2024

Tasting Notes and Serving Tips for Joseph Mellot’s Sancerre Blanc La Chatellenie 2024

Tasting

Appearance
The wine displays a pale gold hue enhanced by delicate green highlights.

Nose
The nose is intense and complex, revealing aromas of citrus and white fruits, supported by superb, signature minerality.

Palate
The palate charms with its elegance and precision. Minerality defines the tasting from start to finish, giving the wine a finely tuned structure. The finish lingers with intensity, revealing a hint of salinity and delicate lemony notes.

Food and Wine Pairing

This Sancerre Blanc is an ideal match for salt-crusted sea bass, grilled sole, or pan-seared langoustines. On the cheese side, it pairs perfectly with aged Crottin de Chavignol or well-aged Comté.

Serving and Cellaring

To fully appreciate Sancerre Blanc La Chatellenie 2024, serve between 46 and 50°F. This wine can be enjoyed now and will keep until around 2027.

A Sancerre Blanc Combining Minerality and Elegance

The Estate

Rooted in history since 1513 with Pierre-Étienne Mellot in Sancerre, the House of Joseph Mellot now cultivates 100 hectares of vineyards in the Centre-Loire. Led since 2005 by Catherine Corbeau-Mellot alongside her sons Armand and Adrien, this family-run House carries on expertise passed down for more than five centuries. The only owner-producer present across all eight Centre-Loire AOCs, Joseph Mellot primarily grows sauvignon blanc and pinot noir.

The Vineyard

The La Chatellenie cuvée comes from an 18-hectare vineyard planted on the flinty clay soils characteristic of Sancerre. The vines, averaging 25 years of age, are farmed sustainably, with environmentally respectful mechanical soil cultivation.

The Vintage

The year 2024 begins with a very mild winter, leading to very early budbreak. Spring is mild but particularly rainy, creating strong downy mildew pressure. Summer remains mild and rather humid. Harvest takes place in early October in very cool, relatively rainy conditions.

Winemaking and Aging

La Chatellenie 2024 is machine-harvested in early October. The grapes undergo direct pressing in a pneumatic press with juice selection, followed by cold settling. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks. Aging is carried out on fine lees in stainless-steel tanks, preserving the wine’s freshness and minerality.

Grape Variety

This white wine from Loire is 100% sauvignon blanc.