Alphonse Mellot Cotes de la Charite Rouge Les Penitents 2020 NO20230712 and smooth

and smooth

aged Comté

This extraordinary vodka is made from the best ingredients in France

Throw it in the punch bowl but be careful - 151 proof is no joke

and developed flavors of stone fruit

Alphonse Mellot Cotes de la Charite Rouge Les Penitents 2020 NO20230712 and smoothAlphonse Mellot is famous for Sancerre, but the family's roots sit close enough to Burgundy that they also grow Pinot Noir just outside the appellation lines. Les Penitents comes from Cotes de la Charite, a pocket of the upper Loire in the Nievre, farmed biodynamically like everything the estate touches. It's light bodied and silky, leading with fresh red fruit, a little earth and spice, and fine grained tannins that speak to real care in the cellar.