Wine Spectator

An open-knit style, with ripe nectarine and orange flavors layered with sweet pea shoot and a refreshing streak of saline. The creamy, chalky close is detailed with white pepper and chive. Drink now. 6,000 cases made, 800 cases imported.

Vinous

The 2022 La Chatellenie hails from a flint-clay parcel, a soil type with a minority share in the Sancerre appellation. Expect a less fruity, fragrant interpretation. Instead, it evokes boxwood and elderflower. There's flesh on the mid-palate, but the steely rod of flint gives a sense of tension on the modest finish. This is a middle-of-the-road example that fails to excite.

Tasting Notes

Pale yellow color with green hues. Intense mineral notes giving way to a fruity and delicate expression. Mineral and elegant mouth with aromas of pear and yellow peach bringing the aromatic and juicy side of the wine. Elegant salinity, well-balanced.

Ideal with white fishes, a creamy risotto with curry shrimps, a grilled crayfish or also with Crottin de Chavignol, an old Comté.

About the Winery

Our Joseph MELLOT family and winery have their roots in Sancerre: its history began 5 centuries ago with Pierre-Etienne, the first in our long line of winemakers. At the end of the 17^th century, César Mellot was King Louis XIV’s Wine Adviser.

Over time, Joseph MELLOT expanded by acquiring new vineyards. Nowadays, our Portfolio includes a wide variety of wines from the Centre-Loire Region.