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A light touch of vanilla frames the honey, peach and salty, mineral flavors in this lively white. Fine balance and...
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Color: Straw yellow with golden highlights. Bouquet: Very intense and complex with fresh hints which recall lemon and...
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100% Melon de Bourgogne. Pépière has vines in a couple of different zones of the cru of Monnières-St.-Fiacre...
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Delicate and complex at the same time. Notes of white flowers combined with citrus scents and spicy nuances. Fresh...
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COLOR: Straw yellow color with greenish reflections. NOSE: The bouquet on the nose is intense and very elegant, with...
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This Croatian white is made from the indigenous Posip grape. It is pale straw in color with aromas of lemon zest,...
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Melon de Bourgogne Mencia Mencia 2019

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.