The Story
Sancerre gets all the attention, but slip one appellation west and you find Menetou-Salon, where the Pellé family has been quietly making some of the Loire's most rewarding wines. This is Pinot Noir grown on the same Kimmeridgian limestone marl that runs beneath Chablis and Sancerre, and it shows: bright, mineral, and impossibly drinkable. Now in the hands of fourth-generation Paul-Henry Pellé, the estate farms organically around the village of Morogues. 'Les Bornes' is a named-parcel bottling, light on its feet and built for the table rather than the trophy shelf. If you love cool-climate Pinot with a pulse, this is your under-the-radar hero.
Description
Sancerre gets all the attention, but slip one appellation west and you find Menetou-Salon, where the Pellé family has been quietly making some of the Loire's most rewarding wines. This is Pinot Noir grown on the same Kimmeridgian limestone marl that runs beneath Chablis and Sancerre, and it shows: bright, mineral, and impossibly drinkable. Now in the hands of fourth-generation Paul-Henry Pellé, the estate farms organically around the village of Morogues. 'Les Bornes' is a named-parcel bottling, light on its feet and built for the table rather than the trophy shelf. If you love cool-climate Pinot with a pulse, this is your under-the-radar hero.
