Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Generation XIX, Loire, France 2019 Portelli Wine Pretty pale colour but lively

Pretty pale colour but lively and even quite spicy

It’s medium-to full-bodied with juicy fruit and firm

Silky and taut on the palate

The nose is intense and complex with notes of fresh red fruit and blackberries

Perfect for seafood and white fish dishes

Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Generation XIX, Loire, France 2019 Portelli Wine Pretty pale colour but livelyThe 2019 Sancerre Gnration Dix Neuf (XIX) is deep, complex and subtle on the nose that reveals flinty as well as yeasty and delicate phenolic notes intertwined with perfectly ripe and elegant stone fruit aromas such as mangos. Fresh, round and very elegant on the palate, this is a medium to full bodied, minerally tensioned and elegantly textured Sancerre with fine tannins and an intense and saline finish. The only problem I have: the wine is already