Alphonse Mellot



 
 



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  The cellars, where the wine is made and matures

Why should we dedicate a few lines to the cellars? How important to us is the place where the wine is conceived and created? How important can the cellars be for the fermentation, in determining the style of wine, the wine's evolution and the way in which the minerals of the sky and the earth are capable of being transformed into harmonious elegance?

In reality, the cellar has a very important role to play. The memories and the culture that are to be found in the vaulted cellars cannot go unnoticed to anyone who works there. The cellars at "La Moussière" that are situated right at the heart of the historic town of Sancerre, built between the 15th and 17th century, fill the visitor with a sense of satisfaction as he contemplates the harmonious construction of the stone and flint vaults.

Every gesture accomplished by the wine grower can be compared to that of a clockmaker, delicate and precise. He is aware that any mistake can harm irremediably the sensitive balance in the expression of the fruit and the mineral that is so difficult to create in a wine. He knows that he is constantly being watched over by the age-old stone and that every gesture will become part of the history recorded there.
Beware of too hasty a racking ! If the blend is not perfect ! If the barrel is not filled to the right level !!!

It is also our duty to maintain and pass on these 500 years of wine growers' memory. The cellars constitute a genuine form of mineral archives. A family obligation to quality - with no room for compromises.

Alphonse Mellot

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