Guide Hachette 2010: a PET bottle of Destinéa Sauvignon receives the ‘Coup de Cœur’

Joseph Mellot ‘The Original since 1513’ started a new revolution in France by winning the widely recognized ‘Coup de Cœur’ award in the Guide Hachette 2010. This wine “stunned every wine taster … with intense aromatic expression, liveliness and vitality” as mentioned in the Guide. Apart from the quality of the wine in PET, Catherine Corbeau Mellot’s focus on the environmental impact of Destinéa gives consumers the opportunity to discover the elegance of Central Loire wines, while helping to reduce CO2 emissions on our planet. Indeed, with Destinéa, Joseph Mellot has succeeded in cutting these emissions by more than 30%.

  “For us, it is important to produce high quality wines from the Loire across the whole range. While we have had excellent reviews of our wines in recent years in The Wine Spectator or by French experts Bettane & Desseauve, proving the skill and expertise of Joseph Mellot, these have tended to focus on our top parcels in Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé. It is a tremendous achievement to obtain this ‘Coup de Cœur’ award for a humble Sauvignon Vin de Pays in a PET bottle.”